mutineer
Example Sentences
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Bulkeley led the group of mutineers off the island, leaving Cheap behind with a small group of loyalists.
From Seattle Times
Months later, three more men landed in Chile — and claimed that the others were actually mutineers.
From New York Times
White’s peregrinations pay off as he gradually discovers a few mid-ranking U.S. diplomats and military officers — a “gang of mutineers,” he calls them — willing to go behind the ambassador’s back and do the right thing.
From Washington Post
His cruelties are all but overshadowed by his courage, especially when he and a few adherents are set afloat in the long boat by the mutineers.
From Los Angeles Times
Islanders, many of whom are descended from mutineers of the H.M.S.
From Washington Times
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