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| mutiny [ mytəni ] |
noun (plural mutinies) |
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rebellion against legal authority: a rebellion against legal authority, especially by soldiers or sailors refusing to obey orders and, often, attacking their officers
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intransitive verb (3rd person present singular mutinies, present participle mutinying, past and past participle mutinied) |
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participate in mutiny: to take part in a rebellion against legal authority
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| [Mid-16th century. Via obsolete mutine 'rebellion' < French mutiner< Old French mutin 'rebellious' < muete 'revolt', via assumed Vulgar Latin movitus< Latin motus 'moved'] |
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