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mutineer [ myoot-n-eer ] SHOW IPA
/ ˌmyut nˈɪər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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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
Words nearby mutineer mute swan ,
mutha ,
muti ,
muticous ,
mutilate ,
mutineer ,
mutinous ,
mutinously ,
mutiny ,
mutism ,
Mutsuhito
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How to use mutineer in a sentence Gruesome forms of executions were also reserved for mutineer s – with punishments ranging from being stoned to death, being hurled into rivers, to even being trampled by elephants.
Henceforth he must remember Winifred only when his sword was at the throat of some wretched mutineer appealing for mercy.
The red flag floated from the mast-head of every one of the mutineer ships.
Mutineer prisoners brought to the station for that purpose had in all cases fair and open trial.
They were so disappointed that several cases of insubordination occurred, and one mutineer had to be shot.
But the captain was engaged with a mutineer who had climbed up in the way Neidlinger had attempted.
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