myrmidon
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It had been—But how had it come here, into the possession of this base myrmidon of the French police?
From The Rome Express by Griffiths, Arthur
What if he should wake some morning and find himself in the grip of some Newgate myrmidon?
From The Three Clerks by Trollope, Anthony
The other myrmidon, however, having dispatched his subordinate to headquarters with particulars of his destination, took up the chase.
From The New Tenant by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
One of these he guarded as if holding the crown jewels of the Great King; the second he despatched by a discreet myrmidon to the rooms of the Cyprian in Alopece.
From A Victor of Salamis by Davis, William Stearns
Now, she has actually put one of Dovey's spies on to that excellent husband of hers; and the myrmidon has been shadowing him about for a fortnight with a pocket camera.
From The Canterbury Puzzles And Other Curious Problems by Dudeney, Henry Ernest
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