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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Mutiny

Mū'ti-ny, n.

noun

n. [Fr. mutin, stubborn, fr. O. Fr. meute, riot, L. Lat. moritu, fr. movitus, for Lat. motus, p. p. of movere, to move; Fr. se mutiner, to mutiny, mutinerie, mutiny, sedition, Sp. motin, mutiny, amotinar, It. ammutinar(e), to excite rebellion.]

Sense 1. Insurrection against constituted authority, particularly military or naval authority; open and violent resistance to the authority of officers; concerted revolt against the rules of discipline; hence, generally, forcible resistance to rightful authority on the part of subordinates.

In every mutiny against the discipline of the college, he was the ringleader. Macaulay.

Sense 2. Violent commotion; tumult; uproar; strife.

And, in the mutiny of his deep wonders, He tells you now, you weep too late. Beau. & Fl.

Synonyms—Insurrection; revolt; uprising; rebellion.

Mū'ti-ny, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. MUTINIED; p. pr. & vb. n. MUTINYING.] To rise against lawful authority in military and naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of, mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against one's superior officer, or rightful authority.