junta

noun

jun·​ta ˈhu̇n-tə  ˈjən- 

ˈhən-

1

: a council or committee for political or governmental purposes

especially : a group of persons controlling a government especially after a revolutionary seizure of power

a military junta

2

: junto

Examples of junta in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya fled to Bangladesh and those who stayed faced persecution from the junta. —Verena Hölzl, New York Times, 3 June 2024

Since the military coup last July, which ousted President Mohamed Bazoum, relations between the U.S. and Niger’s military junta have steadily worsened. —James H. McGee, National Review, 29 May 2024

Myanmar Myanmar’s ruling junta announced plans to start enforcing an old law allowing young men and women to be drafted into the military. —Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 16 Feb. 2024

They were ordered out by the ruling military junta in favor of Russian soldiers from the Africa Corps – the new iteration of the mercenary organization formerly known as the Wagner Group. —Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 May 2024

Word History

Etymology

Spanish, from feminine of junto joined, from Latin junctus, past participle of jungere to join — more at yoke

First Known Use

1622, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

junta

noun

jun·​ta ˈhu̇n-tə  ˈjənt-ə 

ˈhən-tə

1

: a group of persons controlling a government especially after a revolution

2

: junto