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myrmidon

[mur-mi-don, -dn] / ˈmɜr mɪˌdɒn, -dn /


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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

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 Anthony Trollope

The moment the myrmidon dropped from the portico with news that the Princess was out in her chair unattended, he decided she was proceeding to the wall.

From The Prince of India — Volume 02 by Lewis Wallace

"Well," he said, looking up and seeing that his myrmidon still stood there.

From Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope

Was it possible that, in their agitation, they had left the front door open, and that someone, some merciless myrmidon of the law, had crept in behind them?

From The Lodger by Marie Belloc Lowndes




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