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junto

American  
[juhn-toh] / ˈdʒʌn toʊ /

noun

plural

juntos

  1. a self-appointed committee, especially with political aims; cabal.

junto British  
/ ˈdʒʊntəʊ, ˈdʒʌn- /

noun

  1. a variant of junta

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Etymology

Origin of junto

First recorded in 1635–45; alteration of junta

Example Sentences

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And then chaos usurped with his animal junto.

From Literature

"Sea-green!" chimed in the flute notes of another of the gay junto, "what can equal the General's verdancy?"

From Project Gutenberg

When the Revolutionary junto wished to organize its artillery, William Raymond Lee was summoned to Cambridge to command one of the companies.

From Project Gutenberg

And I do hereby pledge myself to the public that I will effectually prosecute at law every one of the junto for the said scurrilous advertisement, and the resolution therein contained.

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The traveller enters their junto, and gives an account of the chief members of it, viz.,

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