myrmidon

myrmidon
    n 1: a follower who carries out orders without question
    2: (Greek mythology) a member of the warriors who followed
       Achilles on the expedition against Troy
    

Myrmidon \Myr"mi*don\, n. [L. Myrmidones, Gr. Myrmido`nes, pl.]
   1. One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompanied Achilles,
      their king, to the Trojan war.
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   2. A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes
      cruel orders of a superior without protest or pity; --
      sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc.
      --Thackeray.
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            With unabated ardor the vindictive man of law and
            his myrmidons pressed forward.        --W. H.
                                                  Ainsworth.
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MYRMIDON, n.  A follower of Achilles -- particularly when he didn't
lead.
    

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      employee, feudatory, figurehead, flunky, follower, gillie,
      girl Friday, goon, hanger-on, henchman, hired hand, hired man,
      hireling, homager, inferior, jackal, lackey, liege, liege man, man,
      man Friday, mercenary, minion, pensioner, peon, puppet, retainer,
      right-hand man, satellite, serf, slave, stooge, subordinate,
      sycophant, thug, underling, understrapper, vassal, votary, worker,
      yeoman