junto - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
English
Noun
junto (plural juntos or juntoes)
- (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; ….1
- ✤ I was seized and shaken without ceremony, for several minutes, by a junto of very rough-looking individuals.2
Etymology
Erroneous adaptation of junta, by assimilation with Spanish nouns in -o.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʌn.təʊ/, /ˈd͡ʒʊn.təʊ/
- (General American) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒʌn.toʊ/
- Rhymes: (UK) -ʌntəʊ, (General American) -ʌntoʊ
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