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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
myrmidon /ˈməːmɪd(ə)n/

▶noun a follower or subordinate of a powerful person, especially one who is unscrupulous.

– origin ME: from L. Myrmidones (pl.), from Gk Murmidones, a warlike people of Thessaly who accompanied Achilles to Troy.

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