Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Junta"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Junta \Jun"ta\, n.; pl. {Juntas}. [Sp., fr. L. junctus joined,
p. p. of jungere to join. See {Join}, and cf. {Junto}.]
A council; a convention; a tribunal; an assembly; esp., the
grand council of state in Spain.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
junta
n : a clique that seeks power usually through intrigue [syn: {cabal},
{faction}, {junto}, {camarilla}]
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