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“myrmidon”
1. A subordinate person in the armed services or a soldier who fulfills the orders of a superior without hesitation, protest or disobedience: The term of myrmidon comes from the classical mythology of Myrmidons, a fierce, warlike people of ancient Thessaly in northern Greece, whose king was Achilles and whom they accompanied to the attack on Troy.
2. A person who unquestioningly carries out the commands of another, usually of an unscrupulous and powerful individual: Jeff, the tough boy in school, had a couple of myrmidons to do whatever he wanted and who would never tell him to stop intimidating the other children.
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2. A person who unquestioningly carries out the commands of another, usually of an unscrupulous and powerful individual: Jeff, the tough boy in school, had a couple of myrmidons to do whatever he wanted and who would never tell him to stop intimidating the other children.
The British have used myrmidon in a wider sense; to indicate any hired thug, and the myrmidon of the law as a pejorative to signify "policeman" or other officers of the law who are employed to execute orders.
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(Greek [Murmidones] > Latin: [Myrmidones, Myrmidons])