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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Junta

/(jŭn"tȧ)/ · Jun·ta · IPA /ˈhʊntə/
01 n. A council; a convention; a tribunal; an assembly; esp., the grand council of state in Spain.
pl. Juntas ((jŭn"tȧz))
  1. 1.
    A council; a convention; a tribunal; an assembly; esp., the grand council of state in Spain.
  2. 2.
    A junto.
  3. 3.
    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.