as in rebel
a person who rises up against authority
the mutineers were captured after they turned to piracy on the open seas
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Recent Examples of mutineer
The games remain incomplete, and may in fact remain that way depending on what the Front Man decides to do with Gi-hun and all of the other mutineers.
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Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2025
The two who came closest to challenging him—the opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the mutineer Yevgeny Prigozhin—are now dead.
—Peter Schroeder, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2024
While Musk was on his honeymoon, Botha and other mutineers met with PayPal’s lead investors to make their case.
—Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 25 July 2024
Wayne and the Pennsylvania Line finally began their march on May 26 with roughly 800 men, passing the site of the mutineers’ execution as a stark reminder.
—John Laycock, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2024
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Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Jan. 2025
The two who came closest to challenging him—the opposition leader Alexei Navalny and the mutineer Yevgeny Prigozhin—are now dead.
—Peter Schroeder, Foreign Affairs, 3 Sep. 2024
While Musk was on his honeymoon, Botha and other mutineers met with PayPal’s lead investors to make their case.
—Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 25 July 2024
Wayne and the Pennsylvania Line finally began their march on May 26 with roughly 800 men, passing the site of the mutineers’ execution as a stark reminder.
—John Laycock, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mutineer
Noun
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The Houthis paused attacks until the U.S. launched a broad assault against the rebels in mid-March.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
8 July 2025
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Shortly after that, Israeli airstrikes on Iranian weapons shipments to Hezbollah across neighboring Syria — at the time, a key ally of Iran — weakened the dictatorship of President Bashar al-Assad, who was overthrown last December by rebels.—
James Hider,
NPR,
7 July 2025
Noun
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The warning issue June 11 said terrorist and insurgent groups regularly attacked Iraqi security forces and civilians and anti-U.S. militias threatened U.S. citizens and international companies.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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The Iranian regime has held Americans hostage and supported terrorists and insurgents who have killed U.S. service members in Lebanon and Iraq.—
Reid Smith,
Foreign Affairs,
18 June 2025
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“Mutineer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutineer. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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