Etymology

mutiny

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Today it means: An organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers. Full definition →

Middle French mutiner
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  1. Middle French · derived frommutiner
  2. English todaymutiny

From Middle French mutiner.

Words from the same roots

Middle Frenchmutiner all →

muten

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