Bounty, The BrE AmE ( also HMS Bounty )
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. There have been many books and films about this story, including the film Mutiny on the Bounty .