minion

Meanings

Noun

• A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.
• A sycophantic follower.
• A loved one; one highly esteemed and favoured.
• An ancient form of ordnance with a calibre of about three inches.
• The size of type between nonpareil and brevier, standardized as 7-point.

Adjective

• Favoured, beloved; "pet".

Origin

• 1490, from Middle French mignon ("lover, royal favourite, darling"), from Old French mignon ("dainty, pleasing, gentle, kind"), from Frankish *minnju ("love, friendship, affection, memory"), from Proto-Germanic *minþijō, *mindijō, from Proto-Indo-European *men- ("to think").