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myrmidons

myrmidons is the plural of myrmidon.

Meaning of myrmidon

Noun

myrmidon (plural myrmidons)

  1. A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes orders of a superior without protest or pity (sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc).
    • Antonia bustled round the ransack'd room, / And, turning up her nose, with looks abused / Her master, and his myrmidons, of whom / Not one, except the attorney, was amused; […]1819 July 15, [Lord Byron], Don Juan, London: […] Thomas Davison, […], →OCLC, canto I, stanza CLIX, page 82

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Noun capitalized: Myrmidons

Myrmidons

  1. (plural) plural of Myrmidon

Questions about myrmidons

What is myrmidons the plural of?
Myrmidons is the plural of myrmidon.
What part of speech is myrmidons?
Myrmidons is a noun.

Words near myrmidons in the dictionary

  1. myrmicacin
  2. myrmicine
  3. myrmicines
  4. myrmidon
  5. myrmidonian
  6. myrmidons
  7. myrmillo
  8. myrmillones
  9. myrmillos
  10. myrmomancy
  11. Myrna

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