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mutineer

[ myoot-n-eer ]
/ ˌmyut nˈɪər /
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noun
a person who mutinies.
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Origin of mutineer

1600–10; <Middle French mutinier, equivalent to mutin mutiny, mutinous (meut(e) mutiny <Vulgar Latin *movita, feminine of *movitus, variant of Latin mōtus, past participle of movēre to move + -in-ine1) + -ier-ier2; see -eer

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British Dictionary definitions for mutineer

mutineer
/ (ˌmjuːtɪˈnɪə) /

noun
a person who mutinies
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