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mutiny

 

  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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