mutiny

plural mutinies

1. countableuncountableAn organized rebellion against a legally constituted authority, especially by seamen against their officers.

   In every mutiny against the discipline of the college, he was the ringleader.

   1856 December, [Thomas Babington] Macaulay, “Samuel Johnson”, in T[homas] F[lower] E[llis], editor, The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, new edition, London: Longman, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, →OCLC

2. countableuncountableViolent commotion; tumult; strife.

   Raise a mutiny betwixt yourselves.

   1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Sixt”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene i]

present singular third person mutinies · participle present mutinying · participle past mutinied · past mutinied

1. intransitiveTo commit a mutiny.

   The crew of the Bounty mutinied because of the harsh discipline of Captain Bligh.

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   In the long run, the High Seas Fleet would rarely emerge looking for a fleet action, and, indeed, would be withdrawn if it seemed that the Grand Fleet was out. In 1918, when faced with an order to sail against the British, who had now been augmented by the Sixth Battle Squadron, made up of American warships, the sailors of the High Seas Fleet mutinied instead.

   2020 August 12, Drachinifel, 34:12 from the start, in The Battle of Jutland - Clash of the Titans - Part 3 (Aftermath, Outcome and Lessons), archived from the original on 24 Aug 2022