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(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 ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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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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- 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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