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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Minion \Min"ion\, noun Minimum. [Obs.] --Burton.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Minion \Min"ion\, noun [F. mignon, fr. OHG. minni love, G. minne; akin to E. mind. See {Mind}, and cf. {Mignonette}.]
1. A loved one; one highly esteemed and favored; -- in a good sense. [Obs.]
God's disciple and his dearest minion. --Sylvester.
Is this the Athenian minion whom the world Voiced so regardfully? --Shak.
2. An obsequious or servile dependent or agent of another; a fawning favorite. --Sir J. Davies.
Go, rate thy minions, proud, insulting boy! --Shak.
3. (Print.) A small kind of type, in size between brevier and nonpareil. [hand] This line is printed in minion type.
4. An ancient form of ordnance, the caliber of which was about three inches. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Minion \Min"ion\, adjective [See 2d {Minion}.] Fine; trim; dainty. [Obs.] ''Their . . . minion dancing.'' --Fryth.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
minion
noun: a servile or fawning dependant
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
106 Moby Thesaurus words for "minion": Charlie McCarthy, adherent, agent, ancilla, apple-polisher, appliance, ass-licker, backscratcher, backslapper, bootlick, bootlicker, brown-nose, brownie, 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
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