junto
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- Scrabble points
- 12
- Words With Friends
- 16
- Letters
- 5
/ˈd͡ʒʌn.təʊ/(UK)
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/ˈd͡ʒʌn.təʊ/(UK) · /ˈd͡ʒʊn.təʊ/(UK) · /ˈd͡ʒʌn.toʊ/
Definition of junto
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(archaic)A group of men assembled for some common purpose; a club, or cabal.
“The opinions of this junto were completely controlled by Nicholas Vedder, a patriarch of the village, and landlord of the inn, at the door of which he took his seat from morning to night, just moving sufficiently to … keep in the shade of a large tree; ….”
“I was seized and shaken without ceremony, for several minutes, by a junto of very rough-looking individuals.”
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Etymology
Erroneous adaptation of junta, by assimilation with Spanish nouns in -o.
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