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Examples of mutineer in a Sentence
the mutineers were captured after they turned to piracy on the open seas
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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
For a leader who painstakingly crafted a reputation as the arbiter of order, Putin looked detached and indecisive as Prigozhin’s ragtag mutineers made their way up the road to Moscow.
—William J. Burns, Foreign Affairs, 30 Jan. 2024
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First Known Use
1603, in the meaning defined above
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“Mutineer.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutineer. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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mutineer
noun
mu·ti·neer
ˌmyüt-ᵊn-ˈi(ə)r
: a person who is guilty of mutiny
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