Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Mutiny

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Noah Webster Dictionary (1913 edition): Mutiny


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(1):

(v. i.) To fall into strife; to quarrel.

(2):

(v. i.) To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of, mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against one's superior officer, or any rightful authority.

(3):

(n.) Insurrection against constituted authority, particularly military or naval authority; concerted revolt against the rules of discipline or the lawful commands of a superior officer; hence, generally, forcible resistance to rightful authority; insubordination.

(4):

(n.) Violent commotion; tumult; strife.