junto
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of junto
First recorded in 1635–45; alteration of junta
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Jane Wolgemuth contrajo COVID-19 en junio de 2022, junto con su marido.
From New York Times ● Sep. 5, 2023
Recently, Colonel Carlos Ibanez, leader of the young military junto which recalled President Alessandri, decided that he might like to be elected President himself.
From Time Magazine Archive
And then chaos usurped with his animal junto.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
Five of the junto, including Pitt and Lyttelton, were, it is said, in favour of joining the Pelhams without any stipulation.
From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose
We have a recent instance in the state of Rhode Island, where a desperate junto are governing contrary to the sense of a great majority of the people.
From Essays on the Constitution of the United States by Ford, Paul Leicester
However, as it put the men into juntos and cabals, they were not composed for some hours; the wind also slackening towards night, the captain ordered not to weigh till next morning.
From The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton by Defoe, Daniel
In every quarter insurrections broke out and juntos were formed.
From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by Mackinlay, M. (Malcolm) Sterling
In practice, however, we find many similar nouns very frequently, if not uniformly, written with s only; as, cantos, juntos, grottos, solos, quartos, octavos, duodecimos, tyros.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Brown, Goold
The following words, being less frequently used, often puzzle us to know whether to add s or es to form the plural: armadillos, cantos, cuckoos, halos, juntos, octavos, provisos, salvos, solos, twos, tyros, virtuosos.
From Slips of Speech : a Helpful Book for Everyone Who Aspires to Correct the Everyday Errors of Speaking by Bechtel, John Hendricks
There is growing up in this country a younger generation of dramatists, which is achieving its most notable work outside the beaten path of popular recognition, in small dramatic juntos and in the little theaters.
From Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays by Various
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