Synonyms for brain trust
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : breyn-truhst |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈbreɪnˌtrʌst |
Définition of brain trust
Origin :- occasionally used since early 1900s, it became current in 1933, in reference to the intellectuals gathered by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt as advisors; from brain (n.) + trust (n.).
- noun board of advisers
- The brain trust, of course, also works on luring away the competitor's customers to their product.
- Extract from : « Subversive » by Dallas McCord Reynolds
- Hell, Lance, this is the sort of stuff the brain trust pays us bonuses for.
- Extract from : « The Women-Stealers of Thrayx » by Fox B. Holden
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