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junto

UK/ˈd͡ʒʌn.təʊ/US/ˈd͡ʒʌn.toʊ/

junto noun: a group of men assembled for some common purpose; a club, or cabal.

Noun

junto (plural juntos or juntoes)

  1. (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; ….1819, Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, Rip Van Winkle
    • I was seized and shaken without ceremony, for several minutes, by a junto of very rough-looking individuals.1844, Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial

junto meaning in Tamil

junto in Tamil

பாழ்செய்யும் உட்குழு, சமசு, பாழ்செய் உட்குழு

Forms of junto

pluraljuntos
pluraljuntoes

Origin of junto

Erroneous adaptation of junta, by assimilation with Spanish nouns in -o.

Questions about junto

What does junto mean?
Junto means a group of men assembled for some common purpose; a club, or cabal.
What is junto in Tamil?
Junto in Tamil is பாழ்செய்யும் உட்குழு, சமசு, பாழ்செய் உட்குழு. See Junto meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is junto?
Junto is a noun.
How do you pronounce junto?
Junto is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒʌn.təʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of junto?
The plural of junto is juntos.

Words near junto in the dictionary

  1. junta
  2. juntaism
  3. juntas
  4. Juntine
  5. Juntines
  6. junto
  7. juntocracy
  8. juntoes
  9. juntos
  10. junts
  11. Juntura

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Adapted from Wiktionary: junto (page history and authors); junto (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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