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mutinies

mutinies is the plural of mutiny.

mutinies is the third-person singular simple present indicative of mutiny.

Meaning of mutiny

Noun

mutiny (countable and uncountable, plural mutinies)

  1. An 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...
  2. Violent 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]...

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Questions about mutinies

What is mutinies the plural of?
Mutinies is the plural of mutiny.

Words near mutinies in the dictionary

  1. mutinery
  2. mutines
  3. muting
  4. mutings
  5. mutinied
  6. mutinies
  7. mutining
  8. mutinize
  9. mutinized
  10. mutinizes
  11. mutinizing

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