Both Uses of
minion
in
The Two Gentlemen of Verona
- How now, minion!†
Scene 1.2minion = people considered to be unimportant servants or followers of someone considered important
- You, minion, are too saucy.†
Scene 1.2 *
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.