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Myrmidon

Myr·mi·don [ múrmi dòn, múrmid'n ] (plural Myr·mi·dons)


noun 
Definition:
 
member of people led by Achilles: in Greek mythology, a member of a people who lived in Thessaly and were led by Achilles in the Trojan War

[15th century. Via Latin Myrmidones (plural) < Greek Murmidones< murmèkes "ants," (from which they were created, according to legend)]
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