About The Word Myrmidon
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Myrmidon
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What's The Definition Of Myrmidon?
[n] (Greek mythology) a member of the warriors who followed Achilles on the expedition against Troy
[n] a follower who carries out orders without question Synonyms | Synonyms for Myrmidon: Related Terms | Find terms related to Myrmidon: adherent | assistant | creature | dependent | disciple | dummy | employee | feudatory | figurehead | flunky | follower | gillie | girl Friday | goon | hanger-on | henchman | hired hand | hired man | hireling | homager | inferior | jackal | lackey | liege | liege man | man | man Friday | mercenary | minion | pensioner | peon | puppet | retainer | right-hand man | satellite | serf | slave | stooge | subordinate | sycophant | thug | underling | understrapper | vassal | votary | worker | yeoman See Also | follower | mythical being Myrmidon In Webster's Dictionary \Myr"mi*don\, n. [L. Myrmidones, Gr. ?, pl.]
1. One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompained Achilles,
their king, to the Trojan war.
2. A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes
cruel orders of a superior without protest or pity; --
sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc.
--Thackeray.
With unabated ardor the vindictive man of law and
his myrmidons pressed forward. --W. H.
Ainsworth.
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