Definition: Meaning of, Bounty, The in English to English dictionary.
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a British naval ship on which there was a famous MUTINY (= when the ordinary sailors take control of a ship by force) in the Pacific Ocean in 1789. The sailors, led by an officer called Fletcher Christian, took power from Captain William BLIGH, and made him leave in a small boat.