Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A group of military officers ruling a country after seizing power.
- noun A council or small legislative body in a government, especially in Central or South America.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A meeting; a council. See
junto . - noun Specifically In Spain, a consultative or legislative assembly, either for the whole country or for one of its separate parts.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A council; a convention; a tribunal; an assembly; esp., the grand council of state in Spain.
- noun A junto.
- noun A small committee or group self-appointed to serve as the government of a country, usually just after a coup d'etat or revolution, and often composed primarily of military men. The term is used mostly in Latin American countries.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A
council ; aconvention ; atribunal ; anassembly ; especially, the grand council of state in Spain. - noun The ruling council of a military
dictatorship .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The distinct possibility that such things are being said to draw out the tenure of the junta is real.
Global Voices in English » Fiji: New constitution or delaying tactic? 2009
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Take 1973 Chile, for example, or, for that matter, pretty much any Latin American junta take-over.
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Mr. Thaksin, who was ousted in 2006 by military junta, is now living in self-exile to evade imprisonment on a corruption conviction.
Moody's Lifts Thai Outlook Phisanu Phromchanya 2010
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But they may not do so after the junta is toppled.
Burma’s Next Chapter 2007
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But they may not do so after the junta is toppled.
Burma’s Next Chapter 2007
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It also approved a visit -- expected Thursday -- from U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, whose phone calls the junta refused to take earlier.
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One thing to remember about the US and scandal and what the junta is getting away with.
debate 2005
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Now the Bushite junta is holding him for “aiding terrorism” (because he traveled to Pakistan or Afghanistan I forget which).
Think Progress » Conservative Judge Argues Bush Adminstration Lacks Credibility 2005
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Others have simply "disappeared," as if the U.S. government were some Latin American junta whose generals wear gold-braided epaulets as big as vultures.
05/03/2005 2005
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Japanese write as a repetition of the syllables jun-ta; and the name junta is sometimes given to the grasshopper itself.
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series Lafcadio Hearn 1877
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Myanmar's junta has been restricting aid efforts in his cyclone stricken country.
June 11, 2008