minions

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.

   Synonyms:

   disciple, follower, acolyte, adjutant, aide, bootlicker, flunkey, footman, satrap, henchman

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
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

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