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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.

Meaning of Mutiny from wikipedia

- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- The Mutiny on the Bounty was a mutiny on HMS Bounty that occurred in 1789. Mutiny on the Bounty may also refer to: Mutiny on the Bounty (novel), a 1932...
- The Caine Mutiny is a 1952 novel by Herman Wouk. The Caine Mutiny may also refer to: The Caine Mutiny (1954 film), an American film based on the novel...
- 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...
- 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...
- Caine Mutiny Court-Martial may refer to: The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (play), a play by Herman Wouk, adapted from his novel The Caine Mutiny The Caine...
- The Invergordon Mutiny was a mutiny by around 1,000 sailors in the British Atlantic Fleet that took place on 15–16 September 1931. For two days the sailors...
- India or by Indians: Vellore mutiny (1806), in Vellore, India 1915 Singapore Mutiny, by Indian recruits Barrackpore mutiny of 1824, in Barrackpore, India...