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mutiny
[ myoot-n-ee ]
noun
plural mutinies.
- revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, especially by sailors against their officers.
- rebellion against any authority.
Synonyms: , , ,
verb (used without object)
mutinied, mutinying.
- to commit the offense of mutiny; revolt against authority.
mutiny
/ ˈ³¾Âá³Ü˳Ùɪ²Ôɪ /
noun
- open rebellion against constituted authority, esp by seamen or soldiers against their officers
verb
- intr to engage in mutiny
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms
- ±è°ù±ð·³¾³Üt¾±Â·²Ô²â noun plural premutinies verb (used with object) premutinied premutinying
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of mutiny1
C16: from obsolete mutine, from Old French mutin rebellious, from meute mutiny, ultimately from Latin ³¾´Ç±¹Å§°ù±ð to move
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He highlighted the role of Major John Obienu, an ethnic Igbo officer, who played a key role in quelling the coup, revealing that many senior Igbo officers were also killed in the mutiny.
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Around 3 p.m., she and the two other employees working that day mutinied.
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How Everton became a club of 'chaos, crisis, dysfunction and mutiny'
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It came two months after their aborted mutiny in Russia.
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Anger over the money grew once at Thiaroye, which the colonial authority viewed as a mutiny.
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