mastermind
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
mastermind (plural masterminds)
- A person with an extraordinary intellect or skill that is markedly superior to his or her peers.
- 1840, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Colloquy of Monos and Una’:
- At long intervals some master-minds appeared, looking upon each advance in practical science as a retro-gradation in the true utility.
- 1840, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Colloquy of Monos and Una’:
- A person responsible for the highest level of planning and execution of a major operation.
- French: cerveau
- German: Drahtzieher
- Russian: руководи́тель
- Spanish: autor intelectual
mastermind (masterminds, present participle masterminding; past and past participle masterminded)
- To act in the role of mastermind.
- French: organiser, diriger
- Italian: orchestrare, architettare
- Russian: руководи́ть
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