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noun

Myrmidon n.

One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompanied Achilles, their king, to the Trojan war.

A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes cruel orders of a superior without protest or pity; sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc. "With unabated ardor the vindictive man of law and his myrmidons pressed forward."

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Myrmidon" Quotes from Famous Books

... Archbold good-bye. She told the cabman to drive to an old acquaintance of ours, Mr. Green. He had set up detective on his own account. He was not at his office, but expected. She sat patiently down till he came in. They put their heads together, and Green dashed down to the asylum with a myrmidon, while Mrs. Dodd went into the City to obtain leave of absence from Cross and Co. This was politely declined at first, but on Mrs. Dodd showing symptoms of leaving them altogether, it was conceded. She returned home with Edward, and there was Mr. Green: he ...

— Hard Cash • Charles Reade

... complete. A walk down Bond Street was interrupted by a sudden cry, "That's him—take care of him!" I turned by instinct, and was arrested at the suit of a scoundrel whose fortune I had made, and who in gratitude had thus pointed me out to the myrmidon of the Middlesex sheriff. I was located in a lock-up house, and thence conveyed to jail. In both instances the last words I heard in reference to myself were "Take care of him." I sacrificed almost my all, and once more regained my liberty. Fate seemed to turn! A friend lent me ...

— Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, Complete • Various

Words linked to "Myrmidon" : mythical being, Greek mythology