All 3 Uses of
minion
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- The dour recluse still there (he has his cake) and the douce youngling, minion of pleasure, Phedo's toyable fair hair.†
Chpt 9 *minion = people considered to be unimportant servants or followers of someone considered important
- And straightway the minions of the law led forth from their donjon keep one whom the sleuthhounds of justice had apprehended in consequence of information received.†
Chpt 12minions = someone considered to be an unimportant servant or follower of someone considered important
- And sir Leopold that was the goodliest guest that ever sat in scholars' hall and that was the meekest man and the kindest that ever laid husbandly hand under hen and that was the very truest knight of the world one that ever did minion service to lady gentle pledged him courtly in the cup.†
Chpt 14minion = people considered to be unimportant servants or followers of someone considered important
Definitions:
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(1)
(minion) someone considered to be an unimportant servant or follower of someone considered important
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Much more rarely (and archaically), minion can reference someone who is highly favored by another who is more powerful; or a mistress; or something small such as a typeface or caliber of munition.