Word Finder - minion

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The lowest limit.

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We need a minimum of three staff members on duty at all time.

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The smallest amount.

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He always tries to get away with doing the minimum.

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A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).

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The Maunder minimum of the Sun reportedly corresponded to a period of great cold on Earth.

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A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.

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The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.

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A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.

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The archvillain deployed his minions to simultaneously rob every bank in the city.

synonyms

• disciple
• follower

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A sycophantic follower.

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A loved one; one highly esteemed and favoured.

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An ancient form of ordnance with a calibre of about three inches.

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The size of type between nonpareil and brevier, standardized as 7-point.

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Favoured, beloved; "pet".

The main speaking character is an aged minion named Gnarl.

Each time the phone rang, Cynthia flinched, fearing some state minion was calling to drag Martha back to his lair in the dungeons of officialdom.

The hobbits are saved from Saruman's minion orcs by the Ents, eldest tree spirits that take the form of walking, talking giant trees.

So in Triumph of Life, 265, "Whom from the flock of conquerors I Fame singled out for her thunderbearing minion," out seems to be due to the compositor.

By doing good or evil you decide whether your character will look like a member of the clergy or an unleashed minion of Hell.

Moreover she must not be compelled to marry, a proceeding sometimes adopted to get her lands into the possession of a royal minion.

Sarah felt unsure about running at first, however Jackson held strong to his conviction that death would be preferable to living as a minion for a madman.

Knuckles is an echidna that first appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog 3 and was a minion for Dr. Eggman.

Of course, there's also the ultimate baddie, "You-Know-Who," but since a snake face requires either an awesome mask or professional makeup, you're probably better off being a minion.

By the end of his life the man who had started as the kings unpopular minion was known as Earl Simon the Righteous, and had become the respected leader of the national opposition to his royal brother-in-law.

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The weakest type of undead minion is a shadow.