myrmidon : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: myrmidon	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for myrmidon
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
myrmidon n a follower who carries out orders without question (Greek mythology) a member of the warriors who followed Achilles on the expedition against Troy
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Myrmidon \Myr"mi*don\, n. [L. Myrmidones, Gr. [?], pl.] 1. One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompained Achilles, their king, to the Trojan war. 2. A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes cruel orders of a superior without protest or pity; -- sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc. --Thackeray. With unabated ardor the vindictive man of law and his myrmidons pressed forward. --W. H. Ainsworth.