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mutineer

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mu·ti·neer  (mytn-îr)
n.
One who takes part in a mutiny.
[Obsolete French mutinier, from Old French mutin, rebellious; see mutiny.]
mutineer [ˌmjuːtɪˈnɪə]
n
(Military) (Transport / Nautical Terms) a person who mutinies
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.mutineermutineer - someone who is openly rebellious and refuses to obey authorities (especially seamen or soldiers)
freedom fighter, insurgent, insurrectionist, rebel - a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
Translations
mutineer [ˌmjuːtɪˈnɪəʳ] N → amotinado m, amotinador m
mutineer
n → Meuterer m, → Meuterin f
mutineer [ˌmjuːtɪˈnɪəʳ] n → ammutinato/a
mutineer [ˌmjuːtɪˈnɪəʳ] n → ammutinato/a


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The incipient mutineer was more outraged than ever, then, at what he denounced as the partiality shown the captain's table over the other tables in the ship.
The Innocents Abroad by Twain, Mark View in context
" For a moment the exhausted mutineer made a tremulous motion of his cramped jaws, and then painfully twisting round his head, said in a sort of hiss, "What I say is this --and mind it well--- if you flog me, I murder you
Moby Dick I-LXVII by Melville, Herman View in context
For a moment Number Three stood watching the battle, and then he too sprang in to aid his fellow mutineer.
The Monster Men by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
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