myrmidon

Definition

A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes orders of a superior without protest or pity (sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc).

Etymology

From Myrmidon, from Latin Myrmidones, from Ancient Greek Μυρμιδόνες (Murmidónes).

Example Sentences

• "Tobias (to Jonas Fogg, manager of a madhouse): "I will die ere I submit to you or your vile myrmidons.""
• "When the day came round for my return to the scene of the deed of violence, my terrors reached their height. Whether myrmidons of Justice, especially sent down from London, would be lying in ambush behind the gate; […]"
• "He cared no more for the Devil and all his myrmidons, for he kenned brawly he was damned."