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Definition of minion in English: minionnoun ˈmɪnjənˈmɪnjən A follower or underling of a powerful person, especially a servile or unimportant one. he gets oppressed minions like me to fob them off Example sentencesExamples - In his defence, it could be argued that a party leader ought to run up bigger expenses than his minions.
- I did point out to the minion who rang me that come next spring we were likely to be in a position to have a balance somewhere around the quarter million mark.
- Minor minions also decided to get in on the act of being totally dumbfounded as to what to do.
- The days when they and their minions ran huge chunks of Britain's nationalised manufacturing capacity are long gone.
- It was especially interesting to see how these minions went into overdrive after the recent Loyalist riots.
- As a middle-ranking minion in a large organisation, I am compelled to go to a lot of meetings.
- One of their minions appeared and told me that the judges had ruled against my appearance and he had instructions to drive me back to my hotel.
- His secretary held all calls and his minions kept the noise down.
- Maybe send a minion over to knock on the door once in a while?
- I was wary of her when she first started as the minion of our group at work but we became close through our appreciation of food and sarcastic wit, which no one else quite understood.
- How can Ministers, mandarins, and minions be kept away from cricket matches meant for the paying public?
- Almost every day that week, Pakistani-army minions carried out horrific acts on Indians.
- If the United Kingdom is as bad as you teach your minions, then you have no reason to live here.
- Why, then, insist that the minions should be happy to have suffered under colonial rule?
- Probably he did, but Henry VIII won instant popularity for beheading his father's minions.
- Is that what you'd do if you wanted to command your minions in the good fight?
- I am also making friends with everyone else, all the minions, so they can be on my side when it goes wrong.
- And when, asked a minion, might these changes kick in?
- She wakes up at 5am, says her prayers and plans how she will do it and to which of her minions will be assigned the most gruesome task.
- Probably more to the point, he was in charge, and didn't want comments from any minions who might happen to notice.
Synonyms underling, henchman, flunkey, lackey, hanger-on, follower, camp follower, servant, hireling, vassal, stooge, creature, toady, sycophant, flatterer, fawner, lickspittle, myrmidon informal yes-man, bootlicker British informal poodle, dogsbody North American informal gofer, suck-up, brown-nose Indian informal chamcha British vulgar slang arse-licker, bum-sucker North American vulgar slang ass-kisser
Origin Late 15th century: from French mignon, mignonne. Definition of minion in US English: minionnounˈminyənˈmɪnjən A follower or underling of a powerful person, especially a servile or unimportant one. he gets oppressed minions like me to fob them off Example sentencesExamples - Why, then, insist that the minions should be happy to have suffered under colonial rule?
- Almost every day that week, Pakistani-army minions carried out horrific acts on Indians.
- Maybe send a minion over to knock on the door once in a while?
- Minor minions also decided to get in on the act of being totally dumbfounded as to what to do.
- Is that what you'd do if you wanted to command your minions in the good fight?
- And when, asked a minion, might these changes kick in?
- How can Ministers, mandarins, and minions be kept away from cricket matches meant for the paying public?
- She wakes up at 5am, says her prayers and plans how she will do it and to which of her minions will be assigned the most gruesome task.
- The days when they and their minions ran huge chunks of Britain's nationalised manufacturing capacity are long gone.
- If the United Kingdom is as bad as you teach your minions, then you have no reason to live here.
- In his defence, it could be argued that a party leader ought to run up bigger expenses than his minions.
- I did point out to the minion who rang me that come next spring we were likely to be in a position to have a balance somewhere around the quarter million mark.
- As a middle-ranking minion in a large organisation, I am compelled to go to a lot of meetings.
- I was wary of her when she first started as the minion of our group at work but we became close through our appreciation of food and sarcastic wit, which no one else quite understood.
- It was especially interesting to see how these minions went into overdrive after the recent Loyalist riots.
- I am also making friends with everyone else, all the minions, so they can be on my side when it goes wrong.
- One of their minions appeared and told me that the judges had ruled against my appearance and he had instructions to drive me back to my hotel.
- Probably he did, but Henry VIII won instant popularity for beheading his father's minions.
- His secretary held all calls and his minions kept the noise down.
- Probably more to the point, he was in charge, and didn't want comments from any minions who might happen to notice.
Synonyms underling, henchman, flunkey, lackey, hanger-on, follower, camp follower, servant, hireling, vassal, stooge, creature, toady, sycophant, flatterer, fawner, lickspittle, myrmidon
Origin Late 15th century: from French mignon, mignonne. |