Found 2 items, similar to Juntas.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: junta
junta
n : a group of military officers who rule a country after
seizing power [syn:
military junta]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Juntas
Junta
\Jun"ta\ (j[u^]n"t[.a]), n.; pl.
Juntas (j[u^]n"t[.a]z).
[Sp., fr. L. junctus joined, p. p. of jungere to join. See
Join, and cf.
Junto.]
1. A council; a convention; a tribunal; an assembly; esp.,
the grand council of state in Spain.
[1913 Webster]
2. A junto.
[PJC]
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.
[PJC]