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noun
1.
a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power.
2.
a favored or highly regarded person.
3.
a minor official.
4.
Printing. a 7-point type.
adjective
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dainty; elegant; trim; pretty.
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Minion
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Origin:
1490–1500; < Middle French mignon, for Old French mignot dainty < ?
1490–1500; < Middle French mignon, for Old French mignot dainty < ?
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Word Origin & History
minion
1501, "a favorite; a darling; a low dependant; one who pleases rather than benefits" [Johnson], from M.Fr. mignon "a favorite, darling" (n.), also "dainty, pleasing, favorite" (adj.), from O.Fr. mignot, perhaps of Celt. origin (cf. O.Ir. min "tender, soft"), or from O.H.G. minnja, minna "love, memory."
EXPANDUsed without disparaging overtones 16c.-17c.
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