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junta definition

junta (ho̵on′tə, jun′-, jo̵on′-)

noun

  1. an assembly or council; esp., a Spanish or Latin American legislative or administrative body
  2. a group of political intriguers; esp., such a group, of military men in power after a coup d'état
    also junto jun′to (jun′tō)

Etymology: Sp < L juncta, fem. of junctus, pp. of jungere, to join

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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