mutiny : Idioms & Phrases


indian mutiny

  • noun discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858; the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow)
    Indian Mutiny.
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Mutiny act

  • (Law), an English statute reënacted annually to punish mutiny and desertion.
Webster 1913

sepoy mutiny

  • noun discontent with British administration in India led to numerous mutinies in 1857 and 1858; the revolt was put down after several battles and sieges (notably the siege at Lucknow)
    Indian Mutiny.
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