'Minion' definitions:
Definition of 'minion'
(from WordNet)
noun
A servile or fawning dependant
Definition of 'Minion'
From: GCIDE
- Minion \Min"ion\, a. [See 2d Minion.] Fine; trim; dainty. [Obs.] "Their . . . minion dancing." --Fryth. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Minion'
From: GCIDE
- Minion \Min"ion\, n. Minimum. [Obs.] --Burton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Minion'
From: GCIDE
- Minion \Min"ion\, n. [F. mignon, fr. OHG. minni love, G. minne; akin to E. mind. See Mind, and cf. Mignonette.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. A loved one; one highly esteemed and favored; -- in a good sense. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- God's disciple and his dearest minion. --Sylvester. [1913 Webster]
- Is this the Athenian minion whom the world Voiced so regardfully? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An obsequious or servile dependent or agent of another; a fawning favorite. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster]
- Go, rate thy minions, proud, insulting boy! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Print.) A small kind of type, in size between brevier and nonpareil. [1913 Webster]
- 4. An ancient form of ordnance, the caliber of which was about three inches. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'minion'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adherent,
- agent,
- ancilla,
- apple-polisher,
- appliance,
- ass-licker,
- backscratcher,
- backslapper,
- bootlick,
- bootlicker,
- brown-nose,
- brownie,
- Charlie McCarthy,
- clawback,
- contrivance,
- cosset,
- courtier,
- creature,
- cringer,
- darling,
- dependent,
- device,
- disciple,
- dummy,
- dupe,
- favorite,
- fawner,
- feudatory,
- figurehead,
- flatterer,
- flunky,
- follower,
- fondling,
- footlicker,
- gillie,
- go-between,
- goon,
- groveler,
- handmaid,
- handmaiden,
- handshaker,
- hanger-on,
- helot,
- henchman,
- homager,
- idol,
- implement,
- inferior,
- instrument,
- interagent,
- intermediary,
- intermediate,
- intermedium,
- jackal,
- jewel,
- kowtower,
- lackey,
- led captain,
- lever,
- lickspit,
- lickspittle,
- liege,
- liege man,
- man,
- matinee idol,
- mealymouth,
- mechanism,
- mediator,
- medium,
- midwife,
- myrmidon,
- organ,
- pawn,
- peon,
- pet,
- plaything,
- preference,
- puppet,
- retainer,
- satellite,
- serf,
- servant,
- slave,
- spaniel,
- spoiled child,
- stooge,
- subordinate,
- suck,
- sycophant,
- thug,
- timeserver,
- toad,
- toadeater,
- toady,
- tool,
- toy,
- trucker,
- truckler,
- tufthunter,
- underling,
- understrapper,
- vassal,
- vehicle,
- votary,
- yeoman,
- yes-man