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
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Iran has also for years militarily and financially supported regional militia groups, including Hezbollah in Lebanon, Houthi rebels in Yemen and Hamas in Gaza, that have pressured or attacked Israel on multiple fronts.—
Kim Hjelmgaard,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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Worried about Michilimackinac’s vulnerability to attacks by American rebels, the British relocated the fort to the high bluffs of Mackinac Island in 1780 and shortened its name.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 June 2025
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Authorities have also reported sightings of ELN guerrillas, a Colombian-Venezuelan insurgent faction, operating near key Guyanese border towns.—
Antonio Maria Delgado,
Miami Herald,
6 June 2025
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Spain approved the deal on Oct. 3, 2023, four days before an insurgent assault led by Hamas on southern Israel that sparked a devastating war in Gaza.—
Brittany Williams,
Arkansas Online,
4 June 2025
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“Mutineer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutineer. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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