Yahoo Web Search

Search results

1. Dictionary

   myrmidon

   /ˈməːmɪd(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. a follower or subordinate of a powerful person, typically one who is unscrupulous or carries out orders unquestioningly: "one of Hitler's myrmidons"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Latin Myrmidones (plural), from Greek Murmidones, a warlike Thessalian people who accompanied Achilles to Troy.

   Scrabble Points: 16

   • M

     3

   • Y

     4

   • R

     1

   • M

     3

   • I

     1

   • D

     2

   • O

     1

   • N

     1

   Powered by Oxford Dictionaries

   More definitions, origin and scrabble points