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Definitions for: Mutiny [n] open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)
[v] engage in a mutiny against an authority
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
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.
See Also: arise, insurrection, rebel, rebellion, revolt, rise, rise up, rising, uprising
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