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minion
[ min-yuhn ]
noun
- a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power.
- a favored or highly regarded person.
- a minor official.
- Printing. a 7-point type.
adjective
- dainty; elegant; trim; pretty.
minion
/ ˈmɪnjən /
noun
- a favourite or dependant, esp a servile or fawning one
- a servile agent
the minister's minions
- a size of printer's type, approximately equal to 7 point
adjective
- dainty, pretty, or elegant
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Word History and Origins
Origin of minion1
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
Pranab Mukherjee, a minion brought in primarily to help speed up bank loans to Sanjay, is currently the president of India.
Even worse, Rajiv Shah, the new head of USAID, is a Hillary “minion,” as one insider puts it, who has hardly put up a fight.
Falser than the Bank of Fancy, frailer than a shilling glove, Puppet to a father's anger, minion to a nabob's love!
The minion of a Czar and the representative of a nation cannot be united in one and the same person.
I was but planning with this minion here some way to freshen your spirits.
I will have a garment reach to my taille; Then am I a minion, for I wear the new guise.
It seemed as if he would scarce ever again discover the carnate dwelling-place of the haunting minion of his imagination.
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