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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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.
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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
Biden can put this rebellion down by adopting yet another Republican position: let the mutineers go.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 15 Dec. 2023
The latter is exactly why the Bounty mutineers and a handful of Tahitians in their party chose to settle here in 1790; so they couldn't be easily invaded by the British Navy.
—Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Nov. 2023
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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
Biden can put this rebellion down by adopting yet another Republican position: let the mutineers go.
—Noah Rothman, National Review, 15 Dec. 2023
The latter is exactly why the Bounty mutineers and a handful of Tahitians in their party chose to settle here in 1790; so they couldn't be easily invaded by the British Navy.
—Scott Laird, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Nov. 2023
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“Mutineer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mutineer. Accessed 27 Jan. 2025.
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