junta
Meaning
Noun
- A council, convention, tribunal or assembly; especially, the grand council of state in Spain.
- The ruling council of a military dictatorship.
Origin
- Borrowed from Spanish junta, feminine form of junto, from Latin iunctus, perfect passive participle of iungÅ. 1623.
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