mutiny (n.)
“forcible resistance of or revolt against constituted authority on the part of subordinates,” especially “a revolt of soldiers or seamen against their commanding officers,” 1560s, with noun suffix -y (4) + obsolete verb mutine “revolt” (1540s), from Middle French mutiner “to revolt,” from meutin “rebellious,” from meute “a revolt, movement,” from Vulgar Latin *movita “a military uprising,” from fem. past participle of Latin movere “to move” (from PIE root *meue- “to push away”). The Mutiny of the Bounty took place in 1789.
mutiny (v.)
“to revolt against lawful authority, with or without armed resistance, especially in the army or navy,” 1580s, from mutiny (n.). Alternative mutine is recorded from 1550s. Related: Mutinied; mutinying.
mutinous (adj.)
“engaged in or disposed to mutiny,” 1570s, from mutine (see mutiny (n.)) + -ous. Related: Mutinously; mutinousness.
mutineer (n.)
“one guilty of mutiny, person in military or naval service who openly resists authority of his officers,” c. 1600, from French mutinier (16c.), from Middle French meutin “rebellious” (see mutiny (n.)). The earlier noun was mutine (1580s). As a verb from 1680s.
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bounty (n.)
late 13c., “a gift, a reward, a favor bestowed freely;” c. 1300, “goodness, virtue; beauty; ; excellence; knightly prowess, strength, valor, chivalry,” early 14c., “a helpful act, an act of generosity, a good deed,” also “liberality in giving, generosity, munificence,” from Anglo-French bountee, Old French bonte “goodness” (12c., Modern French bonté), from Latin bonitatem (nominative bonitas) “goodness,” from bonus “good” (see bonus).
Sense of “gift bestowed by a sovereign or the state” led to extended senses of “premium or gratuity to a military recruit” (1702) and “reward for killing or taking a criminal or enemy” (1764) or dangerous animal (1847). Bounty-jumper “one who enlists in the military, collects the bounty, and flees without reporting for duty” is from the American Civil War (by 1864). Bounty-hunter is from 1893, American English, originally in reference to wild animals.
I do ... promise, that there shall be paid ... the following several and respective premiums and Bounties for the prisoners and Scalps of the Enemy Indians that shall be taken or killed .... [”Papers of the Governor of Pennsylvania,” 1764]
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This gets more weird by the minute.
Mutiny = “a revolt of soldiers or seamen against their commanding officers,”
Bounty = I do ... promise, that there shall be paid ... the following several and respective premiums and Bounties for the prisoners and Scalps of the Enemy Indians that shall be taken or killed .... [”Papers of the Governor of Pennsylvania,” 1764]
The incredible disappearing Pope: https://mobile.twitter.com/bernieonthebus/status/1249824937369575426
72 seconds reminded me that in the movie, Mutiny on the Bounty’s mutineers wanted to stay in Fiji with the young island girls.
And of course they wanted to be “natural men.”
I forgot that movie, it has been so long since I saw it last.
MOB was a favorite movie of mine too.