myrmidon

noun

Definition of myrmidonnext
as in sycophant

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Recent Examples of myrmidon Backed by Republican myrmidons in Congress and enablers on the Supine Court, Donald Trump has fecklessly fined, fired, and flouted his way through his second presidency. — Jamie Malanowski, Air Mail, 23 Aug. 2025 The message from the leftist Democrats and their odious myrmidons in the media, Hollywood, academia, Big Tech, et al is thus: Agree with our narrative or be destroyed. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 3 June 2024 In the pending merger of Sprint and T-Mobile, our myrmidons have a chance to do better. — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 11 May 2018 OK, first of all, George III didn't have myrmidons. — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 20 Mar. 2014
Recent Examples of Synonyms for myrmidon
  1. sycophant
  2. lackey
  3. henchman
  4. minion
  5. acolyte
  6. soldier
  7. satellite
  8. lickspittle
Noun
  • In an undersized team that already shares a worldview, the silicon sycophant doesn't catch the blind spot.
    — Matt Poepsel, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
  • Ditto his despicable aides and Cabinet members, his unprincipled sycophants and suck-ups.
    — Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 9 June 2026
Definition of sycophant
Noun
  • The sculpture included Teddy mounted on a striding horse with two lackeys walking on either side.
    — Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 10 July 2026
  • The problem is, Reigns still acts like a heel while Jey Uso, despite winning the Royal Rumble and becoming world champion, is back to being his lackey.
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 10 June 2026
Definition of lackey
Noun
  • Almost immediately upon showing up, Oliver’s character kills a henchman.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 7 July 2026
  • And so does Jesse — particularly the latest installment, which sees the iconic henchmen find themselves as accidental stars in 1920s Hollywood.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 30 June 2026
Definition of henchman
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  • This iconic live-action movie features NBA superstar Michael Jordan, who is recruited by Bugs Bunny and the Looney Tunes, the Tune Squad, for a high-stakes game against an evil theme park owner and his minions, the Monstars, in outer space.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 14 July 2026
  • The rest of the Aquamarine team — including Cecilia’s minions, played by Tammin Sursok, Dichen Lachman and Natasha Cunningham — awaited in Australia.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 14 July 2026
Definition of minion
Noun
  • Jennifer Lawrence, an acolyte of New York cool-girl ease, paired her graphic tee with similarly trending Bermuda shorts to run errands in the city.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 11 July 2026
  • To quell the mounting curiosity, the top GOP leaders and a CNN acolyte shared accounts of lengthy phone calls with the Kentucky Republican.
    — Gabrielle Banks, USA Today, 10 July 2026
Definition of acolyte
Noun
  • Kelli stays strong as Shamea’s last standing soldier, accusing the other women of trusting a known liar.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 20 July 2026
  • In his mind, the only honest version of himself is the soldier.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 20 July 2026
Definition of soldier
Noun
  • Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed to have destroyed several weapons-support warehouses, a satellite communications center, and a US forces building in a missile and drone attack on Bahrain’s Juffair military base today.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • In 2015, an international team led by ecologist Thomas Crowther developed the first global tree-density map by combining satellite observations with hundreds of thousands of field measurements collected from every continent except Antarctica.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026
Definition of satellite
Noun
  • Rarely has a president been surrounded by such an array of toadies and lickspittles, operating beyond their competence in an atmosphere of organizational chaos.
    — Eliot A. Cohen, The Atlantic, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Firmly in control of the nation’s massive federal apparatus, MAGA and its Republican lickspittles in Congress have thrived on chaos.
    — Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 23 Jan. 2026
Definition of lickspittle

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