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▪ I. mutineer, n.|mjuːtɪˈnɪə(r)|
Also 7 -ier, -yer.
[a. F. mutinier (16th c.), f. mutin: see mutine n.]
One who revolts against or openly resists the authority of a superior; spec. one guilty of mutiny as defined in Military and Naval law.
1610Shakes. Temp. iii. ii. 40 Keepe a good tongue in your head: If you proue a mutineere, the next Tree. 1630R. Johnson's Kingd. & Commw. 34 Spinola hath made great use of a secret of warre, how in scarcitie of moneys to awe these mutiniers. 1654Earl of Monmouth tr. Bentivoglio's Warrs of Flanders 108 The mutinyers were contented to receive a donative of four payes. 1743Bulkeley & Cummins Voy. S. Seas Pref. 17 The very Person who accused us, was the Ringleader and chief Mutineer. 1821Shelley Hellas 191 Silence those mutineers—that drunken crew, That crowd about the pilot in the storm. 1838–9Hallam Hist. Lit. IV. iv. iii. §100. 121 He stands forth as a mutineer against authority. 1857Keith Young Delhi (1902) 11, 12th May. Mutineers from Meerut have seized the bridge at Delhi.
▪ II. mutineer, v.|mjuːtɪˈnɪə(r)|
[f. prec.]
intr. To mutiny. Hence mutiˈneering vbl. n. and ppl. a.
1682Sir J. Lauder Hist. Notices Sc. Affairs (1848) 375 The Lord Nairne and some others mutineered, and alledged..ther was no law could oblidge them to afternoons meetings. 1684Ibid. 561 A souldier..is shot..for..giving a blow to his serjeant. This is strict military discipline against mutineering. 1709Steele Tatler No. 60 ⁋9 To quell mutineering Captains. 1856De Quincey Confess. 9 Through the gloomy vigils of his prison, you hear muttered growls of impotent mutineering. 1889Clark Russell Marooned xix, We don't mean to be laid hold of, and charged with mutineering. |