minion
a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power.
a favored or highly regarded person.
a minor official.
Printing. a 7-point type.
dainty; elegant; trim; pretty.
Origin of minion
1Words that may be confused with minion
- minion , minyan
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How to use minion in a sentence
His media minions have amplified the patronizing attitude in line with state-sponsored misogyny that is already common in Russia.
CNBC Reporter Smeared as Anti-Putin ‘Special Ops’ Temptress | Julia Davis | October 18, 2021 | The Daily BeastA hearing is done, a law is passed, and it’s part of the game that politicians and their minions interpret the event with their own take.
‘Telling the truth shouldn’t be hard.’ So let’s tell the truth. | Petula Dvorak | July 29, 2021 | Washington PostI wonder if there is a polite way to ask her to say "please" or some equivalent, so I don't feel like her minion or unappreciated secretary.
Miss Manners: Bumping up wedding doesn’t require friend’s permission | Judith Martin, Nicholas Martin, Jacobina Martin | March 18, 2021 | Washington PostThe president and his minions were focused on other threats.
Global Right-Wing Extremism Networks Are Growing. The U.S. Is Just Now Catching Up. | by Sebastian Rotella | January 22, 2021 | ProPublicaInstruct your minions to remove any extraneous branches, and sharpen one end of each stick with a pocketknife.
A Family-Friendly Camp Meal That Everyone Can Help With | Wes Siler | October 1, 2020 | Outside Online
Pranab Mukherjee, a minion brought in primarily to help speed up bank loans to Sanjay, is currently the president of India.
Even worse, Rajiv Shah, the new head of USAID, is a Hillary “minion,” as one insider puts it, who has hardly put up a fight.
Falser than the Bank of Fancy, frailer than a shilling glove, Puppet to a father's anger, minion to a nabob's love!
The Book of Humorous Verse | VariousThe minion of a Czar and the representative of a nation cannot be united in one and the same person.
The Arena | VariousI was but planning with this minion here some way to freshen your spirits.
The Proud Prince | Justin Huntly McCarthyI will have a garment reach to my taille; Then am I a minion, for I wear the new guise.
The Romany Rye | George BorrowIt seemed as if he would scarce ever again discover the carnate dwelling-place of the haunting minion of his imagination.
The Well-Beloved | Thomas Hardy
British Dictionary definitions for minion
/ (ˈmɪnjən) /
a favourite or dependant, esp a servile or fawning one
a servile agent: the minister's minions
a size of printer's type, approximately equal to 7 point
dainty, pretty, or elegant
Origin of minion
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