Minion
Minion , n.
Minimum.
Minion , n.
[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.
God's disciple and his dearest minion.
Is this the Athenian minion whom the worldb Voiced so regardfully?
2.
An obsequious or servile dependent or agent of another; a fawning favorite.
Go, rate thy minions, proud, insulting boy!
3.
A small kind of type, in size between brevier and nonpareil.
4.
An ancient form of ordnance, the caliber of which was about three inches.
Minion , a.
[See 2d Minion.]
Fine; trim; dainty.