mutineer

[ myoot-n-eer ]
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noun
  1. a person who mutinies.

Origin of mutineer

1
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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How to use mutineer in a sentence

  • 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

mutineer

/ (ˌmjuːtɪˈnɪə) /


noun
  1. a person who mutinies

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