myrmidon
IPA: mˈɝmɪdɪn
noun
- A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes orders of a superior without protest or pity (sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc).
- (Greek mythology) One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompanied Achilles, their king, in the Trojan War.
- (Greek mythology) The ancestral hero of the Myrmidon tribe, son of Zeus and Eurymedusa.
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Examples of "myrmidon" in Sentences
- The closest thing to a Myrmidon in the Light army would be a Berserk.
- Achilles was the son of the nymph Thetis and Peleus, the king of the Myrmidons.
- Achilles and the Myrmidons kill many Trojans and desecrate the temple of Apollo.