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Mutinies

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.]

    To 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.

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mutinies

n. (plural of mutiny English) vb. (en-third-person singular of: mutiny)