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mutiny
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mutiny an open rebellion against the proper authorities, especially by soldiers or sailors against their officers. The word comes (in the mid 16th century) from obsolete
mutine ‘rebellion’, from French
mutin ‘mutineer’, based on Latin
movere ‘to move’.
Mutiny on the Bounty a mutiny which took place in 1789 on the British navy ship HMS
Bounty, when part of the crew, led by Fletcher Christian, mutinied against their commander, William Bligh, and set him adrift in an open boat with eighteen companions. Although a number of the mutineers were captured and executed, others (including Christian) reached the
Pitcairn Islands, where they settled.
See also
Indian Mutiny at Indian1.
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Naval Mutinies of the Twentieth Century: An International Perspective
Magazine article from: Naval War College Review; 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Elleman, eds. Naval Mutinies of the Twentieth...the mystique of mutiny runs a significant...what constitutes a mutiny. Also, it should...The lesser known mutinies are dealt with by...Bounty was a genuine mutiny. This book mentions...it covers truly mutinies? Let the question...
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Mutiny casts shadow over Bangladesh army
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 3/28/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Mahendra Ved New Straits Times 03-28-2009 Mutiny casts shadow over Bangladesh army Byline...Lifestyle Section: Main Section THE recent mutiny by Bangladesh's border guards has drawn...all levels, writes MAHENDRA VED. THE mutiny by troopers of the Bangladesh Rifles...
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Mutiny - a network revolution.
M2 Presswire; 8/17/2001; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-17 August 2001-Mutiny: Mutiny - a network revolution (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:17082001 London -- Mutiny Ltd, a UK based company, today announced the launch of its...
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Post-Mutiny Allegories of Empire in Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Books.
Magazine article from: Texas Studies in Literature and Language; 3/22/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Brantlinger highlights the special status of the Indian Mutiny in the British empire's cultural legacy. Briefly documenting post-Mutiny literary production, he observes, "at least fifty [Mutiny novels] were written before 1900, and at least...
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United tops Mutiny, loses Etcheverry to 1-game suspension.(Sports)(Soccer)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 5/24/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Sanneh cranked a right-footed rocket from 20 yards out that beat Mutiny goalkeeper Doug Petras to the near post. On the goal, the Mutiny defense was in a state of disarray. No Mutiny defender was marking Sanneh when he unleased his blast from the...
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Rebellion in the Ranks: Mutinies of the American Revolution.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History; 5/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Rebellion in the Ranks: Mutinies of the American...disobedience from mutiny, Nagy defines mutiny...supply-related mutinies. Nagy hits his...Pennsylvania Line mutiny that began in January...discusses other mutinies in the northern...Conspiracy, and the 1783 mutiny in ...
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Secret Documents on Singapore Mutiny 1915.
Magazine article from: Journal of Southeast Asian Studies; 9/1/1997; ; 700+ words
; ...set of documents on the Singapore Indian Mutiny of 1915 collected from a selection of...Government report on the causes of the mutiny (only allowed to be published 50 years...participants in the suppression of the mutiny. In addition, there are accounts of...
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Tom Frame and Kevin Baker, Mutiny!: naval insurrections in Australia and New Zealand.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of the Australian War Memorial; 6/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...to mention these as possible mutinies." In the first chapter they...to define what constitutes a mutiny, yet in the end they fail...As this book is about naval mutinies, then perhaps the definition...Act 1957. This states that a mutiny means a "combination between...
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Mutiny slashes cost of ownership for network monitoring appliance.
M2 Presswire; 3/8/2004; 700+ words
; M2 PRESSWIRE-8 March 2004-Mutiny: Mutiny slashes cost of ownership for network monitoring appliance(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:03082004 Mutiny attacks low cost/free software management solutions as having...
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United settles for a tie vs. Mutiny.(Sports)(Soccer)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 7/13/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...out the rest of the season. Tampa Bay Mutiny midfielder Steve Ralston scored what turned...the tying goal in the first half as the Mutiny tied United 2-2 last night before 13...going to be a valley sooner or later," Mutiny coach Tim Hankinson said of United's...
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Mutiny
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Military History
...that are, in fact, mutinies, are often cloaked in...Army referred to its mutinies as “battlefield...the main sources of mutiny have been rooted in a...followed the pattern of mutinies in general: they tend...offense, the penalties for mutiny in the American military...
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mutiny
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea
...in a naval ship. Mutiny in a naval or military...frequently suffered mutinies among their crews...justification for the mutiny. One of the best known of all naval mutinies was that on board...another was the mutiny aboard the Russian...
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Indian Mutiny
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Indian Mutiny 1857-58, revolt that began with Indian soldiers in the...Rebellion, sepoys being the native soldiers. Causes of the Mutiny In the years just prior to the mutiny many factors combined to create a climate of social and political...
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Potemkin Mutiny
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History
POTEMKIN MUTINY The Potemkin Mutiny that took place during the 1905 Russian Revolution on board of...Potemkin shelled Odessa with its six-inch guns. On June 17, mutiny broke out on the battleship Georgi Pobedonosets and other ships...
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mutinies
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to World War II
mutinies, that is, open revolt by...x2013;15,000) than of mutiny (442), the former offence...purely military offence of mutiny, and most mutineers escaped...Alexandria and Port Said, to mutiny. The Greek ships, which...
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