ˈhu̇ntə, ˈjən-, ˈhən-, ˈhün-, ˈju̇n- also ˈjün- or ˈzhən- or ˈu̇n- noun
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Etymology: Spanish, from feminine of junto together, joined, from Latin junctus, past participle of jungere to join — more at yoke
1. : a council or committee for political or governmental purposes
government by junta is a characteristic feature — L.K.Caldwell
abetted by the propaganda of exile juntas — G.W.Johnson
especially : a closely knit group of persons composing or dominating a government especially after a revolutionary seizure of power
a military junta with the trappings of a constitutional monarchy — E.K.Lindley
called to account by a revolutionary junta — Barbara Henderson
some of the ruling juntas in the Arab countries — David Ben-Gurion
2. : a closely knit group of persons combined for some common purpose : junto
a literary junta