Revolutionary councils

• Power-seizing groups
• Groups of intriguers
• Power-seeking cliques
• Ruling groups
• Control groups
• Military groups that rule after coups
• Rulers after coups

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (plural of junta English)

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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 .] A council; a convention; a tribunal; an assembly; esp., the grand council of state in Spain. A junto. A small ...