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mutineer
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Noun mutineer has 1 sense
- mutineer(n = noun.person) - someone who is openly rebellious and refuses to obey authorities (especially seamen or soldiers); is a kind of freedom fighter, insurgent, insurrectionist, rebel
Derived forms noun mutiny1, verb mutiny1
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mutineer, n. a person who mutinies.
Etymology
F mutinier f. mutin rebellious f. muete movement ult. f. L movere move
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mutineer
agitator, anarch, anarchist, anarcho-syndicalist, antinomian, arise, brawler, extremist, frondeur, insubordinate, insurge, insurgent, insurrect, insurrectionary, insurrectionist, insurrecto, malcontent, maverick, mount the barricades, mutiny, nihilist, nonconformist, overthrow, rebel, reluct, reluctate, revolt, revolter, revolute, revolution, revolutionary, revolutionist, revolutionize, riot, rioter, rise, rise up, run riot, strike, subversive, subvert, syndicalist, traitorROGET THESAURUS
mutineer
Disobedience
N disobedience, insubordination, contumacy, infraction, infringement, violation, noncompliance, nonobservance, revolt, rebellion, mutiny, outbreak, rising, uprising, insurrection, emeute, riot, tumult, strike, barring out, defiance, mutinousness, mutineering, sedition, treason, high treason, petty treason, misprision of treason, premunire, lese majeste, violation of law, defection, secession, insurgent, mutineer, rebel, revolter, revolutionary, rioter, traitor, quisling, carbonaro, sansculottes, red republican, bonnet rouge, communist, Fenian, frondeur, seceder, secessionist, runagate, renegade, brawler, anarchist, demagogue, Spartacus, Masaniello, Wat Tyler, Jack Cade, ringleader, disobedient, uncomplying, uncompliant, unsubmissive, unruly, ungovernable, breachy, insubordinate, impatient of control, incorrigible, restiff, restive, refractory, contumacious, recusant, recalcitrant, resisting, lawless, mutinous, seditions, insurgent, riotous, unobeyed, unbidden, seditiosissimus quisque ignavus, unthread the rude eye of rebellion.
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