mutineer
a person who mutinies.
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How to use mutineer in a sentence
Gruesome forms of executions were also reserved for mutineers – with punishments ranging from being stoned to death, being hurled into rivers, to even being trampled by elephants.
The Mighty Macedonian Phalanx: 6 Things You Should Know | Dattatreya Mandal | July 29, 2022 | Realm of HistoryHenceforth he must remember Winifred only when his sword was at the throat of some wretched mutineer appealing for mercy.
The Red Year | Louis TracyThe red flag floated from the mast-head of every one of the mutineer ships.
The Chronicles of Crime or The New Newgate Calendar. v. 1/2 | Camden Pelhammutineer prisoners brought to the station for that purpose had in all cases fair and open trial.
Recollections of Thirty-nine Years in the Army | Charles Alexander GordonThey were so disappointed that several cases of insubordination occurred, and one mutineer had to be shot.
The Life of Gordon, Volume I | Demetrius Charles Boulger
But the captain was engaged with a mutineer who had climbed up in the way Neidlinger had attempted.
The Pirate of Panama | William MacLeod Raine
British Dictionary definitions for mutineer
/ (ˌmjuːtɪˈnɪə) /
a person who mutinies
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