myrmidon

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His 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.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur

The bludgeon of a ministerial myrmidon paralyzed his brilliant intellect, and he was not allowed to participate in the scenes of the Revolution which ensued.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 by Various

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

Come, call up your myrmidon and send me to Kajana.

From The Czar's Spy The Mystery of a Silent Love by Le Queux, William

Arrived at the dock-gates, he was met and guided aright, by a brassarded myrmidon of the Embarkation Staff Officer, to where p. 52His Majesty’s Transport Elymas lay in her basin beside a vast shed-covered wharf.

From Cupid in Africa by Wren, P. C.