minion

noun

min·ion ˈmin-yən

Synonyms of minion

: a servile dependent, follower, or underling

He's one of the boss's minions.

: one highly favored : idol

his great charity to the poor renders him the minion of the people—Jonas Hanway

: a subordinate (see subordinate entry 1 sense 1) or petty official

government minions

Examples of minion in a Sentence

one of the boss's minions most of the top appointments went to the new governor's personal minions and political cronies

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Tatlin scholarship is whispery on his time in Kyiv, for the excellent reason that Stalin’s minions torched most evidence of it. —Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025 But the largest driving force behind the return-to-work mandates, suggest the early scholarship, is CEOs feeling lonely without minions. —Dan Vergano, Scientific American, 12 Feb. 2025 Blair Waldorf’s allegiance to Audrey Hepburn was rivalled only by her love of hairbands and terrorizing her Upper East Sider minions. —Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 8 Feb. 2025 Elemental explosion caused by minion death or those cast by a rare monster have visual effects improved and have more of a delay. —Paul Tassi, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for minion