junta

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

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

"No!" exclaim a junta of holy meu, "it is from GOD!" — Pamphlets and Parodies on Political Subjects, William Hone
Mrs. Odio is a member of the Cuban Revolutionary Junta (JURE), an anti-Castro organization. — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States. Warren Commission
I would have fought the junta,--bloodhounds and all,--before they should have harmed a limb of your body!" — Captain Canot; Or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver, Theodore Canot

military junta

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