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JUNTA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does junta mean?
• JUNTA (noun)
The noun JUNTA has 1 sense:
1. a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power
Familiarity information: JUNTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
junta; military junta
Hypernyms ("junta" is a kind of...):
camp; clique; coterie; ingroup; inner circle; pack (an exclusive circle of people with a common purpose)
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