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Definition of Minion
1. Noun. A servile or fawning dependant.
Definition of Minion
1. n. Minimum.
2. n. A loved one; one highly esteemed and favored; -- in a good sense.
3. a. Fine; trim; dainty.
Definition of Minion
1. Noun. A loyal servant of another, usually more powerful being. ¹
2. Noun. A sycophantic follower ¹
3. Noun. (context: Biblical tradition) An order of angel in Christian angelology, ranked above angels and below thrones. ¹
4. Adjective. Favoured, beloved; "pet". ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Minion
1. a servile follower [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Minion
Literary usage of Minion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Man 's his own minion; Man 's his sacred Type ; And for Man's sake he loues his
Workmanship. Sylvester, tr. of Du Kartas'a Weeks, 1. 7. 2. ..."
2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Behold how Cypris with a fond caress Beguiling for her minion race of Troy Some
long-robed Argive to desert her home 510 Hath scratch'd against the broach ..."
3. The Voyages of the English Nation to America by Richard Hakluyt (1890)
"made shift and followed the minion in a small boat, the rest to be had of inforced
to abide the mercie of the Spaniards (which Small hope whicn tne little ..."
4. The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques & Discoveries of the English by Richard Hakluyt (1907)
"... n of July 1564. for the setting foorth of a voyage to Guinea, with the minion
of the Queens, the John Baptist of London, and the Merline of M. Gonson. ..."
5. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1900)
"340-1). in 1595 ; in 1588 he commanded Ms father's ship the minion. The name has
been very commonly written Winter and Wintour ; the admiral himself, ..."
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