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[ myoot-n-ee ] / ˈmyut n i / SEE SYNONYMS FOR mutiny ON THESAURUS.COM
noun, plural mu·ti·nies.revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, especially by sailors against their officers. rebellion against any authority. verb (used without object), mu·ti·nied, mu·ti·ny·ing.to commit the offense of mutiny; revolt against authority. Origin of mutiny1560–70; obsolete mutine to mutiny (<Middle French mutiner, derivative of mutin mutiny; see mutineer) + -y3 SYNONYMS FOR mutiny2 uprising, overthrow, coup, takeover. SEE SYNONYMS FOR mutiny ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM mutinypre·mu·ti·ny, noun, plural pre·mu·ti·nies; verb (used with object), pre·mu·ti·nied, pre·mu·ti·ny·ing.Words nearby mutinymutilate, mutilating keratoderma, mutilation, mutineer, mutinous, mutiny, mutism, muton, Mutsuhito, mutt, Mutt and Jeff Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for mutinyHe left, but many other mercenaries stayed, and two years later they were executed or expelled after a mutiny in Stanleyville. ‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis|Nina Strochlic|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST He risked a mutiny, but nonetheless handed over six senior park officers to the courts for trafficking park resources. A Belgian Prince, Gorillas, Guerrillas & the Future of the Congo|Nina Strochlic|November 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST Within three months, one of the original six councilors was charged with mutiny and executed. Not Just Cannibalism: Seven Ways Colonial Jamestown Was a Living Hell|Nina Strochlic|May 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST The first stirrings of mutiny are heard—and Daphne tries to draw Walter into the plot. Crisis On The Right|David Frum|April 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Too late, Rupe.Romney campaign reporters refused to stay at the Comfort Suites and, well, staged a mutiny to get a better hotel. Perry v. Politico, Santorum v. O'Reilly|Howard Kurtz|January 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST You remember in the mutiny how women fought at the side of their husbands. A Soldier's Daughter|G. A. Henty At any moment he expected to hear a hellish bedlam break loose—the beginning of the mutiny. In the Orbit of Saturn|Roman Frederick Starzl Yet his being there put a different complexion on her act of mutiny. The Incomplete Amorist|E. Nesbit The progress of the mutiny and its suppression in other directions must now be related. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III.|E. Farr and E. H. Nolan What was it that, when the common people of Rome were like to have destroyed all by their mutiny, reduced them to obedience? The Praise of Folly|Desiderius Erasmus
British Dictionary definitions for mutiny
noun plural -niesopen rebellion against constituted authority, esp by seamen or soldiers against their officers verb -nies, -nying or -nied(intr) to engage in mutiny Word Origin for mutinyC16: from obsolete mutine, from Old French mutin rebellious, from meute mutiny, ultimately from Latin movēre to move Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to mutinyuprising, insurrection, revolt, riot, revolution, disobey, strike, disobedience, rising, insubordination, resist, rebel, kick over |