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Meaning of MUTINY

Pronunciation:  'myootnee

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 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
 

MUTINY is a 6 letter word that starts with M.

 

 See Also: arise, insurrection, rebel, rebellion, revolt, rise, rise up, rising, uprising

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  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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