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Definition of mutiny verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

mutiny

verb
 
/ˈmjuːtəni/
 
/ˈmjuːtəni/
[intransitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they mutiny
 
/ˈmjuːtəni/
 
/ˈmjuːtəni/
he / she / it mutinies
 
/ˈmjuːtəniz/
 
/ˈmjuːtəniz/
past simple mutinied
 
/ˈmjuːtənid/
 
/ˈmjuːtənid/
past participle mutinied
 
/ˈmjuːtənid/
 
/ˈmjuːtənid/
-ing form mutinying
 
/ˈmjuːtəniɪŋ/
 
/ˈmjuːtəniɪŋ/
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  1. (especially of soldiers or sailors) to refuse to obey the orders of somebody in authority
    • There was a real chance the crew would mutiny.
    Word Originmid 16th cent.: from obsolete mutine ‘rebellion’, from French mutin ‘mutineer’, based on Latin movere ‘to move’.
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