myrmidon

Example Sentences

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So he passed on, and with his myrmidon reached Galway, without incurring any impediment from Mr. Lax.

From The Landleaguers by Trollope, Anthony

There is that beautiful myrmidon of yours, who is so assiduously making love to Mademoiselle Beaumarais's maid.

From My Strangest Case by Boothby, Guy

The bludgeon of a ministerial myrmidon paralyzed his brilliant intellect, and he was not allowed to participate in the scenes of the Revolution which ensued.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 by Various

That the solitary boat which was pulling towards them in the dusk of the evening contained some one who might aid the attorney and his myrmidon, all believed, though in what manner none could tell.

From Homeward Bound or, the Chase by Cooper, James Fenimore

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