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Someone who has an anonymous support role in an organization, especially a technician or scientist; a boffin.
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backroom boy — backroom boys also backroom boy N COUNT You can refer to a man as a backroom boy when he does important work in an organization and has good ideas but is not seen or known about by the public. [BRIT] … English dictionary
backroom-boy — see backroom boy … English dictionary
backroom boy — noun an expert adviser involved in making important decisions but usually lacking official status • Syn: ↑brain truster • Hypernyms: ↑adviser, ↑advisor, ↑consultant * * * ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ noun slang chiefly Britain : a person engaged … Useful english dictionary
backroom boy — back|room boy [ˈbækrum ˌbɔı, ru:m ] n [C usually plural] BrE informal someone such as an engineer or scientist whose work is important but who does not get much attention or fame … Dictionary of contemporary English
backroom boy — /bækrum ˈbɔɪ/ (say bakroohm boy) noun a person, usually a male, who works to further the career of a person in the public eye, such as a politician, although never being visible to the public in their own right …
backroom boy — Meaning One who works in anonymity in an organisation while others take on more public roles. Origin First used to describe the anonymous technicians and scientists who worked in the UK during World War Two. Lord Beaverbrook coined it in a speech … Meaning and origin of phrases
backroom boy — noun (usually plural) informal especially BrE someone such as an engineer or scientist, whose work is important but who does not get much attention or fame … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
(a) backroom boy — informal someone who does a lot of work in the type of job where they are not often seen by the public. Editors are very much the backroom boys of the film world. (often plural) … New idioms dictionary
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