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mutinies

[myoot-n-ee] Origin

mu·ti·ny

[myoot-n-ee] noun, plural -nies, verb, -nied, -ny·ing.
noun
1.
revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, especially by sailors against their officers.
2.
rebellion against any authority.
verb (used without object)
3.
to commit the offense of mutiny; revolt against authority.

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Origin:
1560–70; obsolete mutine to mutiny (< Middle French mutiner, derivative of mutin mutiny; see mutineer) + -y3

pre·mu·ti·ny, noun, plural -nies; verb (used with object), -nied, -ny·ing.


2. uprising, overthrow, coup, takeover.

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Word Origin & History

mutiny
1560s, from obsolete verb mutine "revolt" (1540s), 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 1580s. Related: Mutinied.
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