junta

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

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

   The junta was defeated by the government.

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Simplified etymology

Junta entered English from Spanish, where it denoted an administrative council. The Spanish word derives from Latin juncta, from jungere, “to join,” and is related to join. The meaning “military faction that has seized power” developed in the early 18th century.

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

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