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Meaning of MUTINY

Pronunciation:  'myootnee

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)
  2. [v]  engage in a mutiny against an authority
 
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 See Also: arise, insurrection, rebel, rebellion, revolt, rise, rise up, rising, uprising

 

 

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Mutiny
Readers can embark on a thrilling adventure, filled with intrigue and excitement, on the high seas along with Davy Shea, a fourteen-year-old orphan, who joins his Uncle Patch and friend Philip Hunter as they go undercover to search the Caribbean for pirates. Original.

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  1. \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}.
    
  2. \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.
    
 
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