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William Bligh

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Noun

1. bligh, captain bligh, william bligh

British admiral; was captain of the H.M.S. Bounty in 1789 when part of the crew mutinied and set him afloat in an open boat; a few weeks later he arrived safely in Timor 4,000 miles away (1754-1817)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


William Bligh

see synonyms of william bligh
British naval officer who as captain of the HMS Bounty was set adrift in the South Pacific by his mutinous crew (1789).

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