myrmidon

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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.

From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles

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 Cooper, James Fenimore

"Why, Mr. Vinson, what's happened to the myrmidon?"

From The Crime Doctor by Hornung, Ernest William

One of these he guarded as if holding the crown jewels of the Great King; the second he despatched by a discreet myrmidon to the rooms of the Cyprian in Alopece.

From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns

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