myrmidon

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Upon leaving the atrium, Ben-Hur gave a last look at the myrmidon as he lay in the Jewish vestments, and was satisfied.

From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Wallace, Lewis

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.

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

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

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 Spalding, Henry