minion

[ min-yuhn ]

/ ˈmɪn yən /

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noun

a servile follower or subordinate of a person in power.

a favored or highly regarded person.

a minor official.

Printing. a 7-point type.

adjective

dainty; elegant; trim; pretty.

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Origin of minion

1490–1500; <Middle French mignon, for Old French mignot dainty < ?

WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH minion

minion , minyan

Words nearby minion

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How to use minion in a sentence

I 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.
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The president and his minions were focused on other threats.
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Instruct your minions to remove any extraneous branches, and sharpen one end of each stick with a pocketknife.
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Pranab Mukherjee, a minion brought in primarily to help speed up bank loans to Sanjay, is currently the president of India.
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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.
Hillary's Power Grab|Tara McKelvey|January 14, 2011|DAILY BEAST
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|Various
The minion of a Czar and the representative of a nation cannot be united in one and the same person.
The Arena|Various
I was but planning with this minion here some way to freshen your spirits.
The Proud Prince|Justin Huntly McCarthy
I will have a garment reach to my taille; Then am I a minion, for I wear the new guise.
The Romany Rye|George Borrow
It 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

minion

/ (ˈmɪnjən) /

noun

a favourite or dependant, esp a servile or fawning one

a servile agentthe minister's minions

a size of printer's type, approximately equal to 7 point

adjective

dainty, pretty, or elegant

Word Origin for minion

C16: from French mignon, from Old French mignot, of Gaulish origin

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minion

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noun

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