noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The ruling council of a military dictatorship.
2. 2
   a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power wordnet
3. 3
   A council, convention, tribunal or assembly; especially, the grand council of state in Spain.

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additionadvisory bodyaffiliationage groupagglomerationaggregation

Example

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"The brutal military junta was installed by the CIA to protect American business interests."

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish junta, feminine form of junto, from Latin iunctus, perfect passive participle of iungō (“join”). Attested from 1623.

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