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myrmidon

[mur-mi-don, -dn] / ˈmɜr mɪˌdɒn, -dn /


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But Green and a myrmidon broke in upon their conversation.

From Hard Cash by Charles Reade

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 Henry Spalding

The myrmidon fell heavily, and without a cry, and lay still.

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

The other myrmidon, however, having dispatched his subordinate to headquarters with particulars of his destination, took up the chase.

From The New Tenant by E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim

"Well," he said, looking up and seeing that his myrmidon still stood there.

From Orley Farm by Anthony Trollope


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