Myrmidon

Definition: Myrmidon

Myrmidon

Noun

1. A follower who carries out orders without question.

2. (Greek mythology) a member of the warriors who followed Achilles on the expedition against Troy.

Date "myrmidon" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1602. (references)

Etymology: Myrmidon \Myr"mi*don\, noun. [Latin expression Myrmidones, Greek, plural]. (Websters 1913)

Domain	Definition
Satire	MYRMIDON, n. A follower of Achilles -- particularly when he didn't lead. Source: Devil's Dictionary.
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Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Combatant	Janissary; myrmidon; Mama, Mameluke; spahee, spahi, Cossack, Croat, Pandoz.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Myrmidon

Specialty definitions using "myrmidon": Myrmidons of the Law. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Myrmidon" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (myrmidon).

Domain	Title
Books	The Myrmidon Project (reference) (more book examples)
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Expression using "myrmidon": myrmidon of the law. Additional references.
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Language		Translations for "myrmidon"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		vegël qorre, shërbyes (boy, help, minister, page, retainer, servant, service, servitor). (various references)

Arabic		‏نوع من الزهر, ‏المرميدوني أحد أفراد شعب تساليا, ‏شخص تافه (bauble, black sheep, bugger, crumb, deformity, dog, insect, morsel, nitwit, peanut, pipsqueak, rag, sprat, swab, toad, trash). (various references)

Bulgarian		слуга (follower, footman, gossoon, knave, man, manservant, menial, peon, retainer, servant, servitor, valet), сляп привърженик (bigot), наемник (hireling, mercenary, soldier of fortune), мирмидонец, прислужник (attendant, house-boy, man, manservant, page, scout, servant, servitor, sweeper). (various references)

French		myrmidon, sbire. (various references)

German		Scherge (thug). (various references)

Hebrew		עב�" � אמן ואכזר. (various references)

Hungarian		mirmidon, szolga (attendant, footman, gillie, groom, gyp, henchman, henchmen, knave, like master like man, manservant, menial, servant, servitor, skip, thrall, wallah), csatlós (ally, henchman, henchmen, outrider, retainer, satellite). (various references)

Pig Latin		yrmidonmay

Portuguese		sabujo (plainclothes man, sleuth, sleuthhound), rufia assalariado, lacaio servil, espadachim (bravo, pensioner, swashbuckler). (various references)

Romanian		mirmidon, acolit (acolyte). (various references)

Russian		наемник (hireling, journeyman, pensioner, soldier of fortune), мирмидонец, прислужник (acolyte, flunky). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		surov vojnik. (various references)

Spanish		secuaz fiel, satélite (satellite), esbirro (goon, henchman, killer, minion). (various references)

Swedish		hejduk (hatchet man), hantlangare (assistant, handyman, helper, mate, tool, underling). (various references)

Thai		กษัตริย์ในเทพนิยายกรีก. (various references)

Turkish		uşak (body servant, do all, domestic help, factotum, flunkey, flunky, footman, helper, henchman, lackey, man, manservant, pursuivant, retainer, servant, servitor, valet, varlet, waiter), paralı köle. (various references)

Ukrainian		вірний слуга, прислужник (acolyte, attendant), посіпака. (various references)

Vietnamese		tay sai đắc lực, lâu la du côn đánh thuê cảnh sát, công an (peace-officer, policeman, policer-officer, robert). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Greek	700 BCE-300 CE	myrmex. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "myrmidon": myrmidons. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Myrmidon" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: myridon, myrmadon, myrmidan, Myrmidia, myrmidion, myrmydon. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "myrmidon" (pronounced mer"mudun)
4	-u d u n	forbidden.
3	-d u n	abandon, bedridden, beholden, broaden, burden, cordon, deaden, downtrodden, embolden, garden, gladden, golden, harden, hidden, Holden, Jordan, laden, leaden, Linden, Loden, Louden, madden, maiden, menhaden, olden, overburden, overridden, pardon, prekindergarten, prostaglandin, redden, ridden, sadden, sodden, Soldan, sudden, tendon, unburden, warden, widen, wooden.
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "d-i-m-m-n-o-r-y"
	-2 letters: dormin, nimrod.
	-3 letters: dormy, irony, minor, myoid, yomim.
	-4 letters: dorm, dory, immy, inro, iron, mind, miry, modi, momi, mony, morn, nodi, noir, nori, norm, rimy, rind, rynd, yird, yond, yoni.
	-5 letters: dim, din, dom, don, dor, dry, ion, mid, mim, mir, mod, mom, mon, mor, nim, nod, nom, nor, rid, rim, rin, rod, rom.
	Words containing the letters "d-i-m-m-n-o-r-y"
	+1 letter: myrmidons.
	+4 letters: dynamometric.
	+5 letters: dynamometries, thermodynamic.
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