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RECENT POSTSmyrmidon
MUR-muh-dawn
noun
a henchman; an unscrupulous follower
1742The History of Tom JonesAt which last words the door flew open, and in came Squire Western, with his parson and a set of myrmidons at his heels.1816Headlong HallHis myrmidon on this occasion was a little, red-nosed butler, who waddled about the house after his master, while the latter bounced from room to room like a cracker.1914Snake and SwordAnyhow, he could imagine that Bully Harberth was the Snake or Its emissary and, since he was indirectly brought upon him by the Snake, regard him as a myrmidon—and deal with him accordingly.Labels: Henry Fielding, Percival Christopher Wren, Thomas Love Peacock
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