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mutineer

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • rhymes with -ɪə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: M Y UW2 T AH0 N IH1 R Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Someone who participates in mutiny.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

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Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To mutiny.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: intransitive

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3

noun

Meaning 3

someone who is openly rebellious and refuses to obey authorities (especially seamen or soldiers)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: insurgent, insurrectionist, freedom fighter, rebel

History

Etymology

From French mutinier.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Amharic: አድመኛ (ʾädmäñña) — someone who participates in mutiny
  • Bulgarian: метежник (metežnik) — someone who participates in mutiny
  • Bulgarian: бунтовник (buntovnik) — someone who participates in mutiny
  • Catalan: amotinat — someone who participates in mutiny
  • Catalan: amotinada — someone who participates in mutiny
  • Dutch: muiter — someone who participates in mutiny
  • French: mutin — someone who participates in mutiny
  • German: Meuterer — someone who participates in mutiny
  • German: Meuterin — someone who participates in mutiny
  • Māori: hauhau — someone who participates in mutiny
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: myuutenia — someone who participates in mutiny
  • Portuguese: amotinado — someone who participates in mutiny
  • Russian: бунтовщи́к (buntovščík) — someone who participates in mutiny
  • Russian: мяте́жник (mjatéžnik) — someone who participates in mutiny
  • Russian: повста́нец (povstánec) — someone who participates in mutiny
  • Spanish: amotinado — someone who participates in mutiny
  • Swedish: myterist — someone who participates in mutiny
  • Ukrainian: заколо́тник (zakolótnyk) — someone who participates in mutiny
  • Ukrainian: заколо́тниця (zakolótnycja) — someone who participates in mutiny
  • Ukrainian: бунтівни́к (buntivnýk) — someone who participates in mutiny
  • Ukrainian: бунтівни́ця (buntivnýcja) — someone who participates in mutiny
  • Welsh: gwrthryfelwr — someone who participates in mutiny
  • Welsh: gwrthryfelwraig — someone who participates in mutiny