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单词 mutineer
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Definition of mutineer in English:

mutineer

noun mjuːtɪˈnɪəˌmjutnˈɪr
  • A person, especially a soldier or sailor, who rebels or refuses to obey the orders of a person in authority.

    those who resisted were denounced as mutineers and treated accordingly
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The first Europeans to spy its jagged, jungle-clad peaks and encircling reef were the mutineers of HMS Bounty.
    • Pitcairn Island was discovered in 1767 by the British and settled in 1790 by the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions.
    • But she said the mutineers would still face court-martial proceedings.
    • The Nore mutineers even blockaded the mouth of the Thames.
    • A ceasefire is signed four weeks after mutineers and exsoldiers staged an uprising.
    • Pitcairn, a dot in the sea about halfway between New Zealand and Peru, is home to 47 permanent residents, some of them direct descendants of the Bounty mutineers.
    • There had been a mutiny on board, and the mutineers had taken the ship off in search of a fabled lost civilization.
    • What I'm saying here is that we need to do something akin to a strategic decimation for mutineers.
    • Sent to capture the Bounty mutineers, Pandora sank in 1791, intact, in deep water after striking the Barrier Reef.
    • During the Indian Mutiny of 1857 he sided with the mutineers in Delhi, and for this crime he was tried by the British and exiled to Rangoon, where he died.
    • The unrest spread with the inflated belief that success was with the mutineers.
    • While they were gone, an English ship anchored near the island and eleven men came ashore, three of them - the ship's captain, his mate, and a passenger - as prisoners of mutineers.
    • And, to our immense relief, the traitorous mutineers left for Petrograd.
    • In the ensuing counteroffensive, four soldiers were killed and four mutineers were beaten to death after being captured.
    • In any case, the insurrection ended with negotiations and, without a shot being fired, the mutineers returned to their barracks with their weapons and explosives.
    • Her mission had started two years previously when she left Britain with orders to arrest the mutineers.
    • A major exception was the Baltic Fleet, where mutineers murdered many officers.
    • Meanwhile the peasants' militia had been destroyed when they loyally opposed the Guangxi mutineers.
    • By sunset, 22 mutineers had surrendered - three officers and 19 enlisted personnel, Reyes said.
    • Or they were acting on their own authority, in which case they are the equivalent of mutineers, deserters, or traitors in the field.
    Synonyms
    rebel, revolutionary, revolutionist, agitator, subversive, guerrilla, anarchist, terrorist, bioterrorist, narcoterrorist, ecoterrorist, cyberterrorist, agroterrorist, rioter

Origin

Early 17th century: from French mutinier, from mutin 'rebellious', from muete 'movement', based on Latin movere 'to move'.

Rhymes

adhere, Agadir, Anglosphere, appear, arrear, auctioneer, austere, balladeer, bandolier, Bashkir, beer, besmear, bier, blear, bombardier, brigadier, buccaneer, cameleer, career, cashier, cavalier, chandelier, charioteer, cheer, chevalier, chiffonier, clavier, clear, Coetzee, cohere, commandeer, conventioneer, Cordelier, corsetière, Crimea, dear, deer, diarrhoea (US diarrhea), domineer, Dorothea, drear, ear, electioneer, emir, endear, engineer, fear, fleer, Freer, fusilier, gadgeteer, Galatea, gazetteer, gear, gondolier, gonorrhoea (US gonorrhea), Greer, grenadier, hand-rear, hear, here, Hosea, idea, interfere, Izmir, jeer, Judaea, Kashmir, Keir, kir, Korea, Lear, leer, Maria, marketeer, Medea, Meir, Melilla, mere, Mia, Mir, mishear, mountaineer, muleteer, musketeer, near, orienteer, pamphleteer, panacea, paneer, peer, persevere, pier, Pierre, pioneer, pistoleer, privateer, profiteer, puppeteer, racketeer, ratafia, rear, revere, rhea, rocketeer, Sapir, scrutineer, sear, seer, sere, severe, Shamir, shear, sheer, sincere, smear, sneer, sonneteer, souvenir, spear, sphere, steer, stere, summiteer, Tangier, tear, tier, Trier, Tyr, veer, veneer, Vere, Vermeer, vizier, volunteer, Wear, weir, we're, year, Zaïre
 
 

Definition of mutineer in US English:

mutineer

nounˌmyo͞otnˈirˌmjutnˈɪr
  • A person, especially a soldier or sailor, who rebels or refuses to obey the orders of a person in authority.

    those who resisted were denounced as mutineers and treated accordingly
    Example sentencesExamples
    • What I'm saying here is that we need to do something akin to a strategic decimation for mutineers.
    • And, to our immense relief, the traitorous mutineers left for Petrograd.
    • The unrest spread with the inflated belief that success was with the mutineers.
    • There had been a mutiny on board, and the mutineers had taken the ship off in search of a fabled lost civilization.
    • The Nore mutineers even blockaded the mouth of the Thames.
    • Pitcairn, a dot in the sea about halfway between New Zealand and Peru, is home to 47 permanent residents, some of them direct descendants of the Bounty mutineers.
    • Meanwhile the peasants' militia had been destroyed when they loyally opposed the Guangxi mutineers.
    • But she said the mutineers would still face court-martial proceedings.
    • Her mission had started two years previously when she left Britain with orders to arrest the mutineers.
    • In the ensuing counteroffensive, four soldiers were killed and four mutineers were beaten to death after being captured.
    • In any case, the insurrection ended with negotiations and, without a shot being fired, the mutineers returned to their barracks with their weapons and explosives.
    • Or they were acting on their own authority, in which case they are the equivalent of mutineers, deserters, or traitors in the field.
    • A major exception was the Baltic Fleet, where mutineers murdered many officers.
    • Pitcairn Island was discovered in 1767 by the British and settled in 1790 by the Bounty mutineers and their Tahitian companions.
    • A ceasefire is signed four weeks after mutineers and exsoldiers staged an uprising.
    • Sent to capture the Bounty mutineers, Pandora sank in 1791, intact, in deep water after striking the Barrier Reef.
    • During the Indian Mutiny of 1857 he sided with the mutineers in Delhi, and for this crime he was tried by the British and exiled to Rangoon, where he died.
    • By sunset, 22 mutineers had surrendered - three officers and 19 enlisted personnel, Reyes said.
    • The first Europeans to spy its jagged, jungle-clad peaks and encircling reef were the mutineers of HMS Bounty.
    • While they were gone, an English ship anchored near the island and eleven men came ashore, three of them - the ship's captain, his mate, and a passenger - as prisoners of mutineers.
    Synonyms
    rebel, revolutionary, revolutionist, agitator, subversive, guerrilla, anarchist, terrorist, bioterrorist, narcoterrorist, ecoterrorist, cyberterrorist, agroterrorist, rioter

Origin

Early 17th century: from French mutinier, from mutin ‘rebellious’, from muete ‘movement’, based on Latin movere ‘to move’.

 
 
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