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brain trust

brain trust noun: originally, a group of experts who advise a government, often informally.

Noun

brain trust (plural brain trusts)

  1. (US) Originally, a group of experts who advise a government, often informally.
  2. (more recently) Any group of experts assembled to give advice.

brain trust meaning in Tamil

brain trust in Tamil

அறிஞர் குழு, திறனாளர் குழு

Forms of brain trust

pluralbrain trusts
alternative formbraintrust

Origin of brain trust

Derives from a group of academics who advised President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Questions about brain trust

What does brain trust mean?
Brain trust means originally, a group of experts who advise a government, often informally.
What is brain trust in Tamil?
Brain trust in Tamil is அறிஞர் குழு, திறனாளர் குழு. See Brain trust meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is brain trust?
Brain trust is a noun.
What is the plural of brain trust?
The plural of brain trust is brain trusts.

Words near brain trust in the dictionary

  1. brain surgery
  2. brain tiredness
  3. brain traffic
  4. brain trick
  5. brain tricks
  6. brain trust
  7. brain trusts
  8. brain tumor
  9. brain tumors
  10. brain tumour
  11. brain tumours

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Adapted from Wiktionary: brain trust (page history and authors); brain trust (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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