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Myrmidon   Listen
noun
Myrmidon  n.  
1.
One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompanied 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. "With unabated ardor the vindictive man of law and his myrmidons pressed forward."






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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