junto
pronunciation
How to pronounce junto in British English:
UK ['dʒʌntəʊ]
How to pronounce junto in American English:
US ['dʒʌntoʊ]
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- Noun:
- a clique (often secret) that seeks power usually through intrigue
Word Origin
- junto (n.)
- 1640s, erroneous formation of junta on model of Spanish nouns ending in -o.
Example
- 1. He founded , for example , the junto , a discussion group that met weekly to debate the issues of the day .
- 2. The junto was active for 30 years and developed into the american philosophical society .
- 3. I should have mentioned before , that , in the autumn of the preceding year , I had formed most of my ingenious acquaintance into a club for mutual improvement , which we called the junto ; we net on friday evenings .
- 4. I drew up the proposals , got them put into form by our great scrivener , brockden , and , by the help of my friends in the junto , procured fifty subscribers of forty shillings each to begin with , and ten shillings a year for fifty years , the term our company was to continue .