junto means A group of men assembled for some common purpose; a club, or cabal. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 76 out of 100.
junto is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒʌn.təʊ/.
Why “junto” is a great word
JUNTO — [Noun] A group of persons, especially a political faction or cabal, joined together for a common, often secret, purpose. From an erroneous adaptation of the Spanish word 'junta' (meaning 'council' or 'assembly'), by assimilation with Spanish nouns ending in -o; ultimately from Latin 'iunctus', past participle of 'iungere' ("to join"). First recorded in English use in the 1620s-1630s. Unlike a "committee"—an official, structured body with a public mandate—or a "coterie"—an exclusive social or artistic circle—a junto is a creature of shadow and ambition, bound by whispered consensus. It is the low murmur in a smoke-filled back room, the shared glance across a crowded chamber that seals a pact, the invisible ledger of debts and favors that governs more than any public law. The true architecture of influence is often built not in the open, but in the deliberate grammar of whispers.
Etymology
Erroneous adaptation of junta, by assimilation with Spanish nouns in -o.
noun
- 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; ….”