Jūnʹto, n.

n.; pl. JŪNʹTŌS. [Sp. jun-ta, a meeting, assembly, or council. See supra.] A select council or assembly, which deliberates in secret on any affair of government; a meeting or collection of men combined for secret deliberation and intrigue for party purposes; a faction; a cabal; as, a junto of ministers.

The puzzling sons of party next appeared, In dark cabals and mighty juntos met. Thomson.