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Definition of Mutiny

Mutiny
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.

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- Mutiny is a revolt among a group of people (typically of a military, of a crew, or of a crew of pirates) to oppose, change, or remove superiors or their...
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- a mutiny of sepoys of the company's army in the garrison town of Meerut, 40 miles (64 km) northeast of Delhi. It then erupted into other mutinies and...
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- India or by Indians: Vellore mutiny (1806), in Vellore, India 1915 Singapore Mutiny, by Indian recruits Barrackpore mutiny of 1824, in Barrackpore, India...
- The Mutiny Acts were an almost 200-year series of annual Acts p****ed by the Parliament of England, the Parliament of Great Britain, and the Parliament...
- Chicago Mutiny. More than 200 were convicted of various charges. Fifty of these men‍—‌called the "Port Chicago 50"‍—‌were convicted of mutiny and sentenced...
- The Cavite mutiny (Spanish: Motín de Cavite; Filipino: Pag-aaklas sa Kabite) was an uprising of Filipino military personnel of Fort San Felipe, the Spanish...
- The Spithead and Nore mutinies were two major mutinies by sailors of the Royal Navy in 1797. They were the first in an increasing series of outbreaks of...