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mu·ti·ny

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–noun

1.	revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, esp. by sailors against their officers.

2.	rebellion against any authority.

–verb (used without object)

3.	to commit the offense of mutiny; revolt against authority.

[Origin: 1560–70; obs. mutine to mutiny (< MF mutiner, deriv. of mutin mutiny; see mutineer) + -y³

]

—Synonyms 2. uprising, overthrow, coup, takeover.

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mu·ti·ny Audio Help   (myōōt'n-ē) Pronunciation Key
n.   pl. mu·ti·nies
Open rebellion against constituted authority, especially rebellion of sailors against superior officers.

intr.v.   mu·ti·nied, mu·ti·ny·ing, mu·ti·nies
To engage in mutiny.

[Obsolete mutine, from Old French mutin, rebellious, from muete, revolt, from Vulgar Latin *movita, from Latin movēre, to move; see move.]

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mutiny (n.)

1567, from obsolete verb mutine "revolt" (1545), from M.Fr. mutiner "to revolt," from meutin "rebellious," from meute "a revolt, movement," from V.L. *movita "A military uprising," from fem. pp. of movere "to move" (see move). The verb is attested from 1584. Mutineer (n.) is 1610, from Fr. mutinier (16c.).

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mutiny
noun
1.	open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers)
verb
1.	engage in a mutiny against an authority

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mutiny [ˈmjuːtini] noun — plural ˈmutinies

(a) refusal to obey one's senior officers in the navy or other armed services
Example: There has been a mutiny on HMS Tigress; The sailors were found guilty of mutiny.

Arabic:	تَمَرُّد، عِصْيان
Chinese (Simplified):	兵变
Chinese (Traditional):	兵變
Czech:	vzpoura
Danish:	mytteri
Dutch:	muiterij
Estonian:	mäss
Finnish:	kapina
French:	mutinerie
German:	die Meuterei
Greek:	ανταρσία
Hungarian:	lázadás
Icelandic:	uppreisn (á skipi)
Indonesian:	pemberontakan
Italian:	ammutinamento

Japanese:	反乱
Latvian:	dumpis; nemieri
Lithuanian:	maištas
Norwegian:	mytteri
Polish:	bunt
Portuguese (Brazil):	motim
Portuguese (Portugal):	motim
Romanian:	revoltă
Russian:	мятеж
Slovak:	vzbura
Slovenian:	upor
Spanish:	motín
Swedish:	myteri
Turkish:	isyan

mutiny [ˈmjuːtini] verb

(of sailors etc) to refuse to obey commands from those in authority
Example: The sailors mutinied because they did not have enough food.

Arabic:	يَتَمَرَّد، يَعْصى
Chinese (Simplified):	叛变
Chinese (Traditional):	叛變
Czech:	vzbouřit se
Danish:	gøre mytteri
Dutch:	muiten
Estonian:	mässama
Finnish:	kapinoida
French:	se mutiner
German:	meutern
Greek:	κάνω ανταρσία
Hungarian:	fellázad
Icelandic:	gera uppreisn
Indonesian:	memberontak
Italian:	ammutinarsi

Japanese:	反抗する
Korean:	상관에게 반항하다, 반란을 일으키다
Latvian:	dumpoties; sacelties
Lithuanian:	sukelti maištą
Norwegian:	gjøre mytteri
Polish:	zbuntować się
Portuguese (Brazil):	amotinar-se
Portuguese (Portugal):	amotinar-se
Romanian:	a se răzvrăti
Russian:	поднимать мятеж
Slovak:	vzbúriť sa
Slovenian:	upreti se
Spanish:	hacer un motín
Swedish:	göra myteri
Turkish:	isyan etmek

See also: mutinous, mutineer

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Mutiny

In`sur*rec"tion\, n. [L. insurrectio, fr. insurgere, insurrectum: cf. F. insurrection. See Insurgent.]

1. A rising against civil or political authority, or the established government; open and active opposition to the execution of law in a city or state.

It is found that this city of old time hath made insurrection against kings, and that rebellion and sedition have been made therein. --Ezra iv. 19.

2. A rising in mass to oppose an enemy. [Obs.]

Syn: Insurrection, Sedition, Revolt, Rebellion, Mutiny.

Usage: Sedition is the raising of commotion in a state, as by conspiracy, without aiming at open violence against the laws. Insurrection is a rising of individuals to prevent the execution of law by force of arms. Revolt is a casting off the authority of a government, with a view to put it down by force, or to substitute one ruler for another. Rebellion is an extended insurrection and revolt. Mutiny is an insurrection on a small scale, as a mutiny of a regiment, or of a ship's crew.

I say again, In soothing them, we nourish 'gainst our senate The cockle of rebellion, insolence, sedition. --Shak.

Insurrections of base people are commonly more furious in their beginnings. --Bacon.

He was greatly strengthened, and the enemy as much enfeebled, by daily revolts. --Sir W. Raleigh.

Though of their names in heavenly records now Be no memorial, blotted out and razed By their rebellion from the books of life. --Milton.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Mutiny

Move\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moved; p. pr. & vb. n. Moving.] [OE. moven, OF. moveir, F. mouvoir, L. movere; cf. Gr. ? to change, exchange, go in or out, quit, Skr. m[=i]v, p. p. m[=u]ta, to move, push. Cf. Emotion, Mew to molt, Mob, Mutable, Mutiny.]

1. To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as, the wind moves a vessel; the horse moves a carriage.

2. (Chess, Checkers, etc.) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the rules of the game; as, to move a king.

3. To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion, or appeal; to influence.

Minds desirous of revenge were not moved with gold. --Knolles.

No female arts his mind could move. --Dryden.

4. To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion; to touch pathetically; to excite, as an emotion. --Shak.

When he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them. --Matt. ix. 36.

[The use of images] in orations and poetry is to move pity or terror. --Felton.

5. To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration and determination, in a deliberative assembly; to submit, as a resolution to be adopted; as, to move to adjourn.

Let me but move one question to your daughter. --Shak.

They are to be blamed alike who move and who decline war upon particular respects. --Hayward.

6. To apply to, as for aid. [Obs.] --Shak.

Syn: To stir; agitate; trouble; affect; persuade; influence; actuate; impel; rouse; prompt; instigate; incite; induce; incline; propose; offer.

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