mutineer

C2 Topic:People & Society

US /ˌmjuː.tənˈɪr/ UK /ˌmjuː.tɪˈnɪə/ See IPA manual

Freq #88289

Meanings

1

noun
a person who takes part in a mutiny, especially a sailor or soldier rebelling collectively against commanding officers

Samuel Comstock was remembered as a mutineer who seized his whaling ship.
2

verb
rare: to take part in a mutiny or rebel against constituted authority

The sailors threatened to mutineer if the captain continued to withhold their pay.

Verb forms

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Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · a person who takes part in... rebel insurgent

2 verb · rare: to take part in a... mutiny rebel revolt

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Opposites

loyalist

Word family

Derived forms mutineering

Related forms mutiny mutinous insubordination

Etymology

Borrowed in the early seventeenth century from French mutinier, to rebel, built on mutin, rebellious or mutinous. That French family is related to meute, an uprising or group in revolt, ultimately from Latin movere, to move.

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# mutineer

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2
**Part of speech:** noun, verb
**IPA (US):** /ˌmjuː.tənˈɪr/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌmjuː.tɪˈnɪə/
**Frequency rank:** 88289

## Meanings
1. a person who takes part in a mutiny, especially a sailor or soldier rebelling collectively against commanding officers
2. rare: to take part in a mutiny or rebel against constituted authority

## Examples
- Samuel Comstock was remembered as a mutineer who seized his whaling ship.
- The sailors threatened to mutineer if the captain continued to withhold their pay.

## Synonyms
- rebel
- insurgent
- revolutionary

## Antonyms
- loyalist

## Derived Forms
- mutineering

## Related Forms
- mutiny
- mutinous
- insubordination

## Etymology
Borrowed in the early seventeenth century from French mutinier, to rebel, built on mutin, rebellious or mutinous. That French family is related to meute, an uprising or group in revolt, ultimately from Latin movere, to move.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives
- Register & Style

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