noun · countable / uncountable · rare

minion

min·ion

minion · minions

фаворит

верный слуга, шестёрка, приспешник, холуй

Ergebener, Lakai, Colonel, Untergebener

A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful beingA loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.

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/ˈmɪnjən/

» Ziri and his minions came by.

Meaning

5 senses

(countable, uncountable)A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.
The archvillain deployed his minions to simultaneously rob every bank in the city.
Ergebener, Untergebener, Lakai
ве́рный слуга́vérnyj slugá, шестёркаšestjórka, приспе́шникprispéšnik
фавори́тfavorýt
(countable, uncountable)A sycophantic follower.
Günstling
холу́йxolúj
(uncountable)The size of type between nonpareil and brevier, standardized as 7-point.
Kolonel, Colonel, Mignon
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)A loved one; one highly esteemed and favoured.
(countable, obsolete, uncountable)An ancient form of ordnance with a calibre of about three inches.

More definitions

a servile or fawning dependant

Examples

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Ziri and his minions came by.
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Karl walked away with his minions.
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He is just a minion of the minister.
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Gunter and his minions bullied the old inmate.
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Only my best friend would understand my love for minions.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

loyal servant of another more powerful being:

Русский

By meaning 2

loyal servant of another more powerful being:

sycophantic follower:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

loyal servant of another more powerful being:

sycophantic follower:

7-point type:

Origin

First use appears c. 1490, from Middle French mignon (“lover, royal favourite, darling”),

First use appears c. 1490, from Middle French mignon (“lover, royal favourite, darling”), from Old French mignon (“dainty, pleasing, gentle, kind”), from Frankish *minnju (“love, friendship, affection, memory”), from Proto-Germanic *minjō (“affectionate thought, care”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“to think”). Doublet of mignon.

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