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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. A group of military officers ruling a country after seizing power.
  2. n. A council or small legislative body in a government, especially in Central or South America.
  3. n. A junto.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A meeting; a council. See junto.
  2. n. Specifically In Spain, a consultative or legislative assembly, either for the whole country or for one of its separate parts. The most celebrated juntas in history were that convened by Napoleon in 1808 and the later revolutionary juntas.

Wiktionary

  1. n. A council; a convention; a tribunal; an assembly; especially, the grand council of state in Spain.
  2. n. The ruling council of a military dictatorship.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. n. A council; a convention; a tribunal; an assembly; esp., the grand council of state in Spain.
  2. n. A junto.
  3. n. A small committee or group self-appointed to serve as the government of a country, usually just after a coup d'etat or revolution, and often composed primarily of military men. The term is used mostly in Latin American countries.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power

Etymologies

  1. From Spanish junta, feminine form of junto, from Latin iunctus, perfect passive participle of iungō ("join"). 1623. (Wiktionary)
  2. Spanish and Portuguese, conference, probably from Vulgar Latin *iūncta, from feminine past participle of Latin iungere, to join; see yeug- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. council
  1. convention
  1. tribunal
  1. assembly
  1. junto
  1. clique

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  1. clique
  1. inner circle
  1. camp
  1. in-group
  1. coterie
  1. pack

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  1. especie
  1. gota
  1. observa
  1. dictatorship
  1. mancha

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  1. revolutionary people's struggle
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