▪ 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.
| 1610 Shakes. Temp. iii. ii. 40 Keepe a good tongue in your head: If you proue a mutineere, the next Tree. 1630 R. Johnson's Kingd. & Commw. 34 Spinola hath made great use of a secret of warre, how in scarcitie of moneys to awe these mutiniers. 1654 Earl of Monmouth tr. Bentivoglio's Warrs of Flanders 108 The mutinyers were contented to receive a donative of four payes. 1743 Bulkeley & Cummins Voy. S. Seas Pref. 17 The very Person who accused us, was the Ringleader and chief Mutineer. 1821 Shelley Hellas 191 Silence those mutineers—that drunken crew, That crowd about the pilot in the storm. 1838–9 Hallam Hist. Lit. IV. iv. iii. §100. 121 He stands forth as a mutineer against authority. 1857 Keith 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.
| 1682 Sir 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. 1684 Ibid. 561 A souldier..is shot..for..giving a blow to his serjeant. This is strict military discipline against mutineering. 1709 Steele Tatler No. 60 ¶9 To quell mutineering Captains. 1856 De Quincey Confess. 9 Through the gloomy vigils of his prison, you hear muttered growls of impotent mutineering. 1889 Clark Russell Marooned xix, We don't mean to be laid hold of, and charged with mutineering. |