bligh

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1. William,1754–1817, British naval officer: captain of H.M.S. Bounty, the crew of which mutinied 1789.

noun

1. William . 1754–1817, British admiral; Governor of New South Wales (1806–9), deposed by the New South Wales Corps: as a captain, commander of H.M.S. Bounty when the crew mutinied in 1789