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Mutiny
mutiny
(mutinies, mutinying, mutinied) 1. A mutiny is a refusal by people, usually soldiers or sailors, to continue obeying a person in authority. A series of coup attempts and mutinies within the armed forces destabilized the regime... N-VAR 2. If a group of people, usually soldiers or sailors, mutiny, they refuse to continue obeying a person in authority. Units stationed around the capital mutinied because they had received no pay for nine months... Sailors at a naval base had mutinied against their officers. VERB: V, V against n
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noun (plural -nies) Etymology: mutine to rebel, from Middle French (se) mutiner, from mutin mutinous, from meute revolt, from Vulgar Latin *movita, from feminine of movitus, alteration of Latin motus, past participle of movere to move Date: 1540 1. obsolete tumult, strife 2. forcible or passive resistance to lawful authority; especially concerted revolt (as of a naval crew) against discipline or a superior officer Synonyms: see rebellion • ~ intransitive verb ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. (pl. -ies) an open revolt against constituted authority, esp. by soldiers or sailors against their officers. --v.intr. (-ies, -ied) (often foll. by against) revolt; engage in mutiny. Etymology: obs. mutine (as MUTINOUS) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. бунт; мятеж (часто на корабле) the Indian M. —- ист. восстание сипаев 2. (against) бунтовать, взбунтоваться; поднимать мятеж 3. принимать участие в мятеже ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun мятеж (гл. обр. военный или против военных властей); восстание; - the Mutiny 2. v. поднять мятеж; взбунтоваться (against); At last the sailors mutinied against the captains unjust use of his power; they seized the ship, and put him in an open boat to float at the mercy of the sea. ...Англо-русский словарь
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~ n a situation in which people, especially sailors or soldiers, refuse to obey the person who is in charge of them, and try to take control for themselves (There was already talk of mutiny among the crew.) - mutiny v ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1567, from obsolete verb mutine "revolt," from M.Fr. mutiner "to revolt," from meutin "rebellious," from meute "a revolt, movement," from V.L. *movita "A military uprising," from fem. pp. of movere "to move." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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