Meaning of myrmidon in English

(Definition of myrmidon from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of myrmidon

myrmidon
And a wave of the hand towards the advancing myrmidons indicated the searchers.
When this man had been six hours in the vise the governor and his myrmidons came into the yard and unstrapped him.
Whenever he was feverish the myrmidon packed him, and in half an hour the fever was gone.
Look at those stagnant moats, infested with pythons and myrmidons of death--and at the drainage system!
He sends his myrmidons to come over the fence, and pass and repass.
With unabated ardor the vindictive man of law and his myrmidons pressed forward.
The accursed myrmidons of despotism, with gnashing teeth and blood-stained eyes, would rush at large over the planet.
The myrmidons stood silent, but with panting bosoms; for the mysterious knocking now concluded, and a brick in the chimney began to move.
He will not fight with him himself, but makes his myrmidons do so.
The other myrmidon, however, having dispatched his subordinate to headquarters with particulars of his destination, took up the chase.
She started up and gazed wildly around her, expecting every moment to see the myrmidons of the law approaching, to drag her away to prison.
The myrmidons of the court have been long, and are still pursuing him in vain.
The myrmidons of the court have been long, and are still, pursuing him in vain.
Well had the myrmidons of the two old ladies done their work.
Then came that hush of rest, that pause of preparation, as though night hesitated to awaken her countless myrmidons.
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Translations of myrmidon

in Chinese (Traditional)
(無情)執行命令的下屬,忠實的追隨者…
in Chinese (Simplified)
(无情)执行命令的下属,忠实的追随者…
in Portuguese
mirmidone…
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