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US
/ˈmɝmɪdɪn/
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NOUN
- (Greek mythology) a member of the warriors who followed Achilles on the expedition against Troy
How To Use Myrmidon In A Sentence
- Here again his disappointment and chagrin were renewed: his uncle had been carried off to Amiens the morning of his arrival, and the house rendered inaccessible, by the usual affixture of seals, and an attendant pair of myrmidons to guard them from infraction. A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Complete Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners
- Words are slaves, noetic myrmidons laboring to interdigitate bolides of inspiration with cosmeticized complacence. Learning New Words #2 « Write Anything
- And now Alfidius and his myrmidon bound their captive to a furca, a wooden yoke passing down the back of the neck and down each arm. A Friend of Caesar A Tale of the Fall of the Roman Republic. Time, 50-47 B.C.
- He is one of those writers who finds the exact word for absolutely everything, which gives his prose an oddly poetic effect, full of terms like ‘triforium’ and ‘chasuble’, ‘pontificalia’ and ‘myrmidon’. On Silence « Tales from the Reading Room
- Words are slaves, noetic myrmidons laboring to interdigitate bolides of inspiration with cosmeticized complacence. Learning New Words #2 « Write Anything
- He has three directors, three deputies and a plethora of myrmidons.
- Anthe and the city of the Myrmidons, and famous Iolcus, and Arne, and Helice: and much people were gathered doing honour to Ceyx, the friend of the blessed gods. Hesiod, Homeric Hymns, and Homerica
- The general prepared to say something to them but halted, seeing the two myrmidons' faces.
- What the submarshal had in mind for Third Battalion " even if a full Myrmidon company would be handling any direct attacks " was likely to create more than a few casualties, especially if the rebel alectors had many of the firelance weapons. Cadmian's Choice
- _azymite_ Emperor to exhaust his vanity that in the last hour he and his Latin myrmidons may not deny her the merit of the salvation. The Prince of India — Volume 02