myrmidon
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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
His myrmidon on this occasion was a little, red-nosed butler, who waddled about the house after his master, while the latter bounced from room to room like a cracker.
From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction by Mee, Arthur
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
They put their heads together, and Green dashed down to the asylum with a myrmidon, while Mrs. Dodd went into the City to obtain leave of absence from Cross and Co.
From Hard Cash by Reade, Charles
His wife followed him, and did not hear the blandishments with which Thompson instructed his myrmidon to follow through the mud on foot.
From The Last Chronicle of Barset by Trollope, Anthony
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