MYRMIDON
\mˈɪəmˌɪdən], \mˈɪəmˌɪdən], \m_ˈɪ__ə_m_ˌɪ_d_ə_n]\
Definitions of MYRMIDON
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompained Achilles, their king, to the Trojan war.
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A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes cruel orders of a superior without protest or pity; - sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc.
By Oddity Software
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One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompained Achilles, their king, to the Trojan war.
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A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes cruel orders of a superior without protest or pity; - sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc.
By Noah Webster.
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A brutal or unprincipled subordinate officer who carries out all the orders of a superior without protest or pity: so called from the Myrmidons, warriors who followed Achilles in the Trojan War.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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(orig.) One of a tribe of warriors who accompanied Achilles: one of a ruffianly band under a daring leader.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
