Myrmidon

[ mur-mi-don, -dn ]

/ ˈmɜr mɪˌdɒn, -dn /

Classical Mythology. one of the warlike people of ancient Thessaly who accompanied Achilles to the Trojan War.

(lowercase) a person who executes without question or scruple a master's commands.

Origin of Myrmidon

Middle English < Latin Myrmidones (plural) < Greek Myrmidónes

But the sword of Achilles, if it tired him, was bound to be of insupportable weight to a myrmidon.

The Mesmerist's Victim |Alexandre Dumas
It sits on the top of its blade of grass, and when a myrmidon passes below, it throws a little skein of cobweb at its head.

Atlantis |Gerhart Hauptmann
He handed it to the Myrmidon, who looked down at it, frowned, and then looked up.

Pagan Passions |Gordon Randall Garrett
And the Myrmidon was certainly just as mortal as Forrester himself, or any other hireling of the Gods.

Pagan Passions |Gordon Randall Garrett

We immediately got under weigh, accompanied by the Myrmidon and Slaney.

The Surrender of Napoleon |Sir Frederick Lewis Maitland.

Myrmidon

/ (ˈmɜːmɪˌdɒn, -dən) /

Greek myth one of a race of people whom Zeus made from a nest of ants. They settled in Thessaly and were led against Troy by Achilles

(often not capital) a follower or henchman