myrmidon
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The other myrmidon, however, having dispatched his subordinate to headquarters with particulars of his destination, took up the chase.
From The New Tenant by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
Was it Mr Slow, or a myrmidon from Mr Slow's legal abode?
From Miss Mackenzie by Trollope, Anthony
Duhaut's myrmidon, l'Archevêque, was absent, hunting, and Hiens was for killing him on his return; but the two priests and Joutel succeeded in dissuading him.
From France and England in North America; a Series of Historical Narratives — Part 3 by Parkman, Francis
His wife followed him, and did not hear the blandishments with which Thompson instructed his myrmidon to follow through the mud on foot.
From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Trollope, Anthony
As he recovered, his anxiety to be back among his prisoners increased daily, but neither Susan nor the myrmidon would hear of it.
From It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Reade, Charles
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