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Grammar : Noun
Spell : myoot-n-eer
Phonetic Transcription : ˌmyut nˈɪər



Définition of mutineer

Origin :
  • "one guilty of mutiny," c.1600, from French mutinier (16c.), from Middle French meutin "rebellious" (see mutiny (n.)). As a verb from 1680s.
  • noun rebel
Example sentences :
  • That he killed a mutineer is proof of his resolute adherence to discipline.
  • Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 » by Various
  • "Perhaps I am going to give up being a mutineer," she murmured.
  • Extract from : « A Young Mutineer » by Mrs. L. T. Meade
  • He would have resented the appellation of mutineer as an insult.
  • Extract from : « Down the Rhine » by Oliver Optic
  • I looked forward; there, on the deck, lay Dan Hoolan and the other mutineer.
  • Extract from : « Paddy Finn » by W. H. G. Kingston
  • I turned you in because you were a mutineer and I was an officer of the Solar Guard.
  • Extract from : « On the Trail of the Space Pirates » by Carey Rockwell
  • Lay hold of the first mutineer, Poole, and drag him down here.
  • Extract from : « Fitz the Filibuster » by George Manville Fenn
  • The mutineer was still reading, but now there was a light to read by.
  • Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, October 7, 1914 » by Various
  • No less clearly he saw how easy it would be for a mutineer to hit it.
  • Extract from : « Dialstone Lane, Complete » by W.W. Jacobs
  • She was frankly staring at the mutineer who made these astounding proposals.
  • Extract from : « Hurricane Island » by H. B. Marriott Watson
  • I drew in my underlip, and stood up, looking at the mutineer.
  • Extract from : « Hurricane Island » by H. B. Marriott Watson

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