mutineer

Example Sentences

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Seeing Samary revealed as the coup spokesman, Tévoédjrè was dismayed to realize he had sent a mutineer to stop a mutiny.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The lead mutineer was a deckhand named Liu Guiduo.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 7, 2023

Even Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., perhaps Congress’ most notorious recent mutineer, did well.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 3, 2022

But as mixed martial arts have bulled into the mainstream, Diaz remains a reliable mutineer.

From New York Times • Aug. 15, 2019

I suppose one would eventually become accustomed to being cursed every time one turned around, but it never failed to set me plotting reprisals; I can easily understand the psychology of a mutineer, I think.

From The Land of Frozen Suns by Sinclair, Bertrand W.