mutineer

mutineer
/myooht'n ear"/, n.
a person who mutinies.
[1600-10; < MF mutinier, equiv. to mutin mutiny, mutinous (meut(e) mutiny < VL *movita, fem. of *movitus, var. of L motus, ptp. of movere to MOVE + -in -INE1) + -ier -IER2; see -EER]

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