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minion

Syllables: min·ion/ˈmɪnjən/

minion noun: a loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being. Also the obsolete form of minium.

Noun

minion (countable and uncountable, plural minions)

  1. A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.
    • The archvillain deployed his minions to simultaneously rob every bank in the city.
    • In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.2013 May-June, Kevin Heng, “Why Does Nature Form Exoplanets Easily?”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 184
  2. A sycophantic follower.
  3. (uncountable) The size of type between nonpareil and brevier, standardized as 7-point.
  4. (obsolete) A loved one; one highly esteemed and favoured.
    • God's disciple and his dearest minion1608, Josuah Sylvester, Du Bartas his divine weekes and workes
    • Is this the Athenian minion whom the world / Voiced so regardfully?c. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...
  5. (obsolete) An ancient form of ordnance with a calibre of about three inches.
    • Gun. My Cannons rung like Bells. Here's to my Mistress, The dainty sweet brass Minion: split their Fore-mast, She never fail'd.1647, Francis Beaumont, Philip Massinger, The Double Marriage (play), published 1717, page 19

Adjective

minion (comparative more minion, superlative most minion)

  1. (obsolete) Favoured, beloved; "pet".
    • These favours, with the commodities that follow minion Courtiers, corrupt[…]his libertie, and dazle his judgement.1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], book 1, P.148, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Also used as

minion is also the obsolete form of minium.

minion meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

minion in Hindi

मिनियन, मिनियोन, मिनीयन

minion in Tamil

மினியன், மினியோன்

minion in Marathi

मिनियन, मिनीयन

minion in Urdu

منیئن, منیون
More languagesFewer languages
minion in Bengali
ভৃত্য bhritto
minion in Telugu
మినియన్
minion in Malayalam
മിനിയോൺ, മിനിയൻ
minion in Kannada
ಮಿನಿಯನ್, ಮಿನಿಯಾನ್
minion in Punjabi
ਮਿਨੀਅਨ, ਮਿੰਨੀਅਨ, ਮੀਨੀਅਨ
minion in Gujarati
મિનિયન, મિનિયોન, મીનિયન
minion in Odia
ମିନିଅନ୍, ମିନିଯ଼ନ୍, ମିନିଯ଼ନ
minion in Nepali
मिनियन, मिनियोन, मिनीयन
minion in Tagalog
kampon, alagad
minion in Arabic
تَابِع tābiʕ
minion in Malay
orang suruhan
minion in Indonesian
kaki tangan, antek, kacung
minion in Thai
ลูกสมุน, สมุน sà-mǔn, ลิ่วล้อ lîu-lɔ́ɔ, ข้าราชการผู้น้อย kâa râat-chá-gaan pôo nói
minion in Vietnamese
kẻ nô lệ

Examples of minion in a sentence

  • Could you let me lasthit those minions in peace?
  • Who knew what sort of undeadly minions de Piaget was capable of commanding.
  • There England’s enemies are the pope and his priestly minions or the French, all of whom write or speak Latinly.

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Synonyms of minion

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All synonyms of minion

Forms of minion

Noun
pluralminions
Adjective
comparativemore minion
superlativemost minion

Plural of minion: minions

Origin of minion

First use appears c. 1490, from Middle French mignon (“lover, royal favourite, darling”), from Old French mignon (“dainty, pleasing, gentle, kind”), from Frankish *minnju (“love, friendship, affection, memory”), from Proto-Germanic *minjō (“affectionate thought, care”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Doublet of mignon.

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Words that rhyme with minion

Questions about minion

What does minion mean?
Minion means a loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.
What is minion in Hindi?
Minion in Hindi is मिनियन, मिनियोन, मिनीयन. See Minion meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is minion?
Minion can be a noun or an adjective.
How do you pronounce minion?
Minion is pronounced /ˈmɪnjən/.
What is the plural of minion?
The plural of minion is minions.

Words near minion in the dictionary

  1. mining town
  2. mining towns
  3. Mininger
  4. Miningers
  5. minings
  6. minion
  7. miniondom
  8. minionette
  9. minionettes
  10. minionhood
  11. minioning

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Adapted from Wiktionary: minion (page history and authors); minion (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); minion (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); minion (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); minion (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); minion (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); minion (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); minion (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); minion (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); minion (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); minion (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); minion (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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