mutineer
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
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 -ine 1 ) + -ier -ier 2; -eer
Example Sentences
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Seeing Samary revealed as the coup spokesman, Tévoédjrè was dismayed to realize he had sent a mutineer to stop a mutiny.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026
The lead mutineer was a deckhand named Liu Guiduo.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2023
Even Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., perhaps Congress’ most notorious recent mutineer, did well.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2022
“I’ve never known a better seaman, but as a man, he’s a snake,” says Clark Gable as mutineer Fletcher Christian in the 1935 version.
From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2020
I suppose one would eventually become accustomed to being cursed every time one turned around, but it never failed to set me plotting reprisals; I can easily understand the psychology of a mutineer, I think.
From The Land of Frozen Suns by Sinclair, Bertrand W.
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