mutineer

[myoot-n-eer]

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noun

a person who mutinies.

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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Related Words for mutineer

insurgent, subversive, radical

Examples from the Web for mutineer

Historical Examples of mutineer

That he killed a mutineer is proof of his resolute adherence to discipline.
Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870
Various
"Perhaps I am going to give up being a mutineer," she murmured.
A Young Mutineer
Mrs. L. T. Meade
He would have resented the appellation of mutineer as an insult.
Down the Rhine
Oliver Optic
I looked forward; there, on the deck, lay Dan Hoolan and the other mutineer.
Paddy Finn
W. H. G. Kingston
I turned you in because you were a mutineer and I was an officer of the Solar Guard.
On the Trail of the Space Pirates
Carey Rockwell

British Dictionary definitions for mutineer

mutineer

noun

a person who mutinies

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Word Origin and History for mutineer

"one guilty of mutiny," c.1600, from French mutinier (16c.), from Middle French meutin "rebellious" (see mutiny (n.)). As a verb from 1680s.