mutineers
Sailors who revolt
Mutineers are people who revolt against authority, especially sailors or soldiers who rebel against their commanding officers.
The word carries connotations of collective uprising—mutineers act together to refuse orders or seize control: The mutineers took command of the ship and set the captain adrift.
By extension, anyone who openly defies institutional authority might be called a mutineer.
Maritime vessel crew members
- crewWorking team aboard
- marinersThose who work ships
- seafarersThose who travel oceans
- shipmatesFellow sailors together
deckhands · captain · quartermaster · boatswain · helmsman · midshipman · gunner · HMS Bounty
Violent regime challengers
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- insurgentsThose fighting established authority
- revolutionariesThose seeking systemic overthrow
- revoltOrganized resistance to power
coup · overthrow · sedition · insubordination · defiance · resistance · dissent · protest
Those who commit disloyalty
- treacheryDeliberate violation of trust
- treasonBetraying one's nation
- disloyaltyBreach of allegiance
- betrayalBreaking of trust
deserters · turncoats · defectors · perfidy · double-cross · conspiracy · sedition · oath-breaking
sailors
Maritime vessel crew members
shipmates · deckhands · captain · quartermaster · boatswain · helmsman · midshipman · gunner · HMS Bounty · Potemkin
insurrectionists
Violent regime challengers
- uprisingOrganized resistance to power
- insurgentsThose fighting established authority
- revolutionariesThose seeking systemic overthrow
revolt · coup · overthrow · sedition · insubordination · defiance · resistance · dissent · protest · dissenters
traitors
Those who commit disloyalty
- treacheryDeliberate violation of trust
- treasonBetraying one's nation
- disloyaltyBreach of allegiance
betrayal · deserters · turncoats · defectors · perfidy · double-cross · conspiracy · sedition · oath-breaking · dishonor
Spartacus
Rebel gladiator of antiquity
- piracysoftware piracy, pirates, torrents, book piracy, buccaneers
- WWI Mutiniesinsubordination
- outcastsoutcast, pariah, pariahs, outcasts, outlaws
- insurgentsinsurgent, guerrillas, guerrilla, rebel, resistance fighters
- Robinson CrusoeFriday, Crusoe, Daniel Defoe, desert island, shipwreck
- Indian WarsIndian Wars, King Philip's War, frontier wars, Little Bighorn, Wounded Knee
mutineersloyalists
Faithful to established authority
true believers · conformists · yes-men · company men · bootlickers
mutineerscommanding officers
Leaders with authority over troops
captains · authorities · commanders · officers · leadership