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junta

UK/ˈdʒʌntə/ US/ˈdʒʊntə/ uncommon

noun

1.

a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power

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Origin

Borrowed from Spanish junta (literally "a thing gathered or joined"), feminine form of junto, from Latin iunctus, perfect passive participle of iungō (“join”). Attested from 1623.

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