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[ min-yuhn ] / ˈmɪn yən / SEE SYNONYMS FOR minion ON THESAURUS.COM
nouna servile follower or subordinate of a person in power. a favored or highly regarded person. a minor official. Printing. a 7-point type. adjectivedainty; elegant; trim; pretty. Origin of minion1490–1500; <Middle French mignon, for Old French mignot dainty < ? WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH minionminion , minyanWords nearby minionmining bee, Mining Eng., mining engineering, mining geology, mininuke, minion, minion of the law, minipark, minipig, minipill, Minipress Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for minionInstruct 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. Hold Onto Your Penis|David Frum, Justin Green|November 29, 2012|DAILY BEAST 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 I told the Minion that you were looking, I thought, to see if there were any clams in these waters. Latitude 19 degree|Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield
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 The minion of a Czar and the representative of a nation cannot be united in one and the same person. The Minion pointed to the thicket, and with a wild yell disappeared. Latitude 19 degree|Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield Dennis and Turnpenny were among those who accompanied Drake in the Minion. With Drake on the Spanish Main|Herbert Strang
British Dictionary definitions for minion
nouna 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 adjectivedainty, pretty, or elegant Word Origin for minionC16: from French mignon, from Old French mignot, of Gaulish origin Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to minionslave, stooge, lackey, dependent, parasite, follower, groupie, puppet, flatterer, subordinate, toady, fan, hanger-on, flunky, doormat, backscratcher, backslapper, bootlicker, fawner, brownnoser |