mutiny English · revision 1538

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈmju.tə.ni/, /ˈmjut.ni/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from the obsolete verb [[m|en|mutine|t=to revolt]] and the noun suffix [[-y]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Hoad 1986) borrowed from [[frm|mutiner|t=to revolt]],^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) from [[m|frm|mutin|t=rebellious]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) from [[fro|muete]], [[m|fro|meute|t=revolt, movement]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(Klein 1966) from [[la-vul|*movita|t=military rising]], the feminine past participle of an alteration of [[la|movēre|t=to move]] (see [[move]]).^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(Klein 1966) Modern [[fr|meute|t=pack of hounds]] and [[m|fr|émeute|t=riot]] are from the same source.^(Klein 1966)^(Weekley 1921)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Discord, contention, a quarrel (1567 in the OED and Barnhart; 1540 in Merriam-Webster).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The sense “open revolt against constituted authority” is recorded from 1579,^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995) and it came to mean especially a revolt of soldiers or sailors against their officers.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The verb is from 1584.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995) Shakespeare used the older verb in ''Hamlet''.^(Skeat 1911) ''Mutineer'' (1610) replaced the earlier noun ''mutine''.^(Barnhart 1995) In attributive use the word often refers to the Indian Mutiny.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1540 – first date in Merriam-Webster.^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1567 – discord, contention.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1579 – open revolt against authority.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1584 – verb, to revolt.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1610 – ''mutineer''.^(Barnhart 1995)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Open rebellion against constituted authority, especially by [[sailor|alt=sailors]] or soldiers against their officers.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Rebellion against any authority.^(RHWU)^(MWU 2024)

+ # ''(obsolete)'' Tumult, strife.^(MW Collegiate)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To take part in a mutiny; to revolt against authority.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[premutiny]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[mutineer]]

+ * [[mutinous]]

+ * [[move]]

+ * [[motion]]

+ * [[émeute]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}