myrmidon
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That the solitary boat which was pulling towards them in the dusk of the evening contained some one who might aid the attorney and his myrmidon, all believed, though in what manner none could tell.
From Homeward Bound or, the Chase by James Fenimore Cooper
Was it Mr Slow, or a myrmidon from Mr Slow's legal abode?
From Miss Mackenzie by Anthony Trollope
She, to turn back her eyes afraid, Accelerates her hasty pace, But cannot anyhow evade Her shaggy myrmidon in chase.
From Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse by Henry Spalding
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.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 18, 1841 by Various
There is that beautiful myrmidon of yours, who is so assiduously making love to Mademoiselle Beaumarais's maid.
From My Strangest Case by Guy Boothby
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