3 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
In every mutiny against the discipline of the
college, he was the ringleader. --Macaulay.
2. Violent commotion; tumult; strife. [Obs.]
o raise a mutiny betwixt yourselves. --Shak.
{Mutiny act} (Law), an English statute re["e]nacted annually
to punish mutiny and desertion. --Wharton.
Syn: See {Insurrection}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
2. To fall into strife; to quarrel. [Obs.] --Shak.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
mutiny
n : open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by
seamen or soldiers against their officers)
v : engage in a mutiny against an authority
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