a group of experts unofficially acting as administrative advisers
brain trust
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brain trust
noun
A group of experts who serve, usually unofficially, as advisers and policy planners, especially in a government.
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Noun
(plural brain trusts)
- (chiefly US) Originally, a group of experts who advise a government, often informally.
- More recently, any group of experts assembled to give advice.
Origin
Originally a group of academics who advised President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
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