mutineer

[ myoot-n-eer ]

noun

1. a person who mutinies.

mutineer

/ ˌmjuːtɪˈnɪə /

noun

1. a person who mutinies

Word History and Origins

Origin of mutineer¹

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

The lead mutineer was a deckhand named Liu Guiduo.

From Los Angeles Times

And, of course, Yevgeny Prigozhin himself, Wagner’s leader and mutineer who many believed was a marked man after his short-lived uprising in June against the Russian military.

From Seattle Times

He has spent months at sea on ships in the Pacific and Arctic, and once stayed on Pitcairn Island with a direct descendant of Bounty mutineer Fletcher Christian.

From Washington Post

Even Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., perhaps Congress’ most notorious recent mutineer, did well.

From Seattle Times

Even Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., perhaps Congress’ most notorious recent mutineer, did well.

From Seattle Times

Related Words

• insurgent