Found 3 items, similar to Mutiny.
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Definition: mutiny
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: mutiny
mutiny
n : open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by
seamen or soldiers against their officers)
v : engage in a mutiny against an authority
[also:
mutinied]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Mutiny
Mutiny
\Mu"ti*ny\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Mutinied; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Mutinying.]
1. To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in
military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of,
mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against one's
superior officer, or any rightful authority.
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2. To fall into strife; to quarrel. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Mutiny
\Mu"ti*ny\, n.; pl.
Mutinies. [From mutine to mutiny,
fr. F. se mutiner, fr. F. mutin stubborn, mutinous, fr. OF.
meute riot, LL. movita, fr. movitus, for L. motus, p. p. of
movere to move. See
Move.]
1. Insurrection against constituted authority, particularly
military or naval authority; concerted revolt against the
rules of discipline or the lawful commands of a superior
officer; hence, generally, forcible resistance to rightful
authority; insubordination.
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In every mutiny against the discipline of the
college, he was the ringleader. --Macaulay.
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2. Violent commotion; tumult; strife. [Obs.]
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To raise a mutiny betwixt yourselves. --Shak.
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Mutiny act (Law), an English statute re["e]nacted annually
to punish mutiny and desertion. --Wharton.
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Syn: See
Insurrection.
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