Meaning of Minion | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.
   countable, uncountable
2. A sycophantic follower.
   countable, uncountable
3. The size of type between nonpareil and brevier, standardized as 7-point.
   uncountable
4. A loved one; one highly esteemed and favoured.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable
5. An ancient form of ordnance with a calibre of about three inches.
   countable, obsolete, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The archvillain deployed his minions to simultaneously rob every bank in the city.”

“In the past two years, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope has located nearly 3,000 exoplanet candidates ranging from sub-Earth-sized minions to gas giants that dwarf our own Jupiter.”

“God's disciple and his dearest minion”

“Is this the Athenian minion whom the world / Voiced so regardfully?”

“Gun. My Cannons rung like Bells. Here's to my Mistress, The dainty sweet brass Minion: split their Fore-mast, She never fail'd.”

“Of philosophers and scholars priscae sapientiae dictatores, I have already spoken in general terms, those superintendents of wit and learning, men above men, those refined men, minions of the muses.”

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