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Hasil cari dari kata atau frase: Myrmidon (0.00864 detik)
Found 2 items, similar to Myrmidon.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: myrmidon
myrmidon
n 1: a follower who carries out orders without question
2: (Greek mythology) a member of the warriors who followed
Achilles on the expedition against Troy
[also:
myrmidones (pl)]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Myrmidon
Myrmidon
\Myr"mi*don\, n. [L. Myrmidones, Gr. ?, pl.]
1. One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompanied Achilles,
their king, to the Trojan war.
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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.
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With unabated ardor the vindictive man of law and
his myrmidons pressed forward. --W. H.
Ainsworth.
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