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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)

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Bligh

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noun
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

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Bligh

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William1754-1817; Eng. naval officer: commander of the Bounty, whose crew mutinied

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Bligh

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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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