Myrmidon
mɪˌdɒn, -dn Origin:
Middle English < Latin Myrmidones (plural) < Greek Myrmidónes
Middle English < Latin Myrmidones (plural) < Greek Myrmidónes
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| —n , pl Myrmidons, Myrmidones | |
| 1. | Greek myth one of a race of people whom Zeus made from a nest of ants. They settled in Thessaly and were led against Troy by Achilles |
| 2. | (often not capital) a follower or henchman |
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myrmidon
c.1400, from L. Myrmidones (pl.), from Gk. Myrmidones, Thessalian tribe led by Achilles to the Trojan War, fabled to have been ants changed into men, from Gk. myrmex "ant." Transferred sense of "faithful follower" is from 1610.
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