Minion

  • 31minion — [[t]mɪ̱njən[/t]] minions N COUNT: usu pl, usu poss N (disapproval) If you refer to someone s minions, you are referring to people who have to do what that person tells them to do, especially unimportant or boring tasks. [LITERARY] She delegated… …

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  • 32minion — min·ion || mɪnɪən n. slavish servant; devoted slave; master s favorite …

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  • 33minion — [ mɪnjən] noun a follower or underling of a powerful person, especially a servile or unimportant one. Origin C15: from Fr. mignon, mignonne …

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  • 34minion — n. Favorite (in an ill sense), creature, dependant, parasite, hanger on …

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  • 35minion — noun (C) a very unimportant person in an organization, who just obeys other people s orders …

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  • 36minion — n 1. flunky, lackey, yes man, jackal, spaniel, bootlick, bootlicker, footlicker, lickspit, lickspittle, kowtower, Uncle Tom, Tom, Sl. oreo; sycophant, fawner, toady, toadeater, truckler, tufthunter, courtier, wheedler, puffer, backslapper,… …

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  • 37minion — min·ion …

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  • 38minion — min•ion [[t]ˈmɪn yən[/t]] n. 1) cvb a servile follower or subordinate 2) a minor official 3) a favored person • Etymology: 1490–1500; < MF mignon, alter., by suffix replacement, of OF mignot darling …

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  • 39minion — /ˈmɪnjən / (say minyuhn) noun 1. Obsolete a servile or base favourite of a prince or any patron. 2. a subordinate or employee, usually seen as favoured or servile: *All the same, banks do not give their minions liberty to wander at large for… …

  • 40minion —   n. size of type (7 point); favourite; hanger on …

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