myrmidon
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Duhaut's myrmidon, l'Archevêque, was absent, hunting, and Hiens was for killing him on his return; but the two priests and Joutel succeeded in dissuading him.
From France and England in North America; a Series of Historical Narratives — Part 3 by Francis Parkman
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 Henry Ernest Dudeney
There is that beautiful myrmidon of yours, who is so assiduously making love to Mademoiselle Beaumarais's maid.
From My Strangest Case by Guy Boothby
Was it Mr Slow, or a myrmidon from Mr Slow's legal abode?
From Miss Mackenzie by Anthony Trollope
A great appetite soon came; he ate twice as much as he had before the new treatment, and would have eaten twice as much as he did, but the myrmidon would not let him.
From It Is Never Too Late to Mend by Charles Reade
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