Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Minion"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Minion \Min"ion\, a. [See 2d {Minion}.]
Fine; trim; dainty. [Obs.] ``Their . . . minion dancing.''
--Fryth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Minion \Min"ion\, n.
Minimum. [Obs.] --Burton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Minion \Min"ion\, n. [F. mignon, fr. OHG. minni love, G. minne;
akin to E. mind. See {Mind}, and cf. {Mignonette}.]
1. A loved one; one highly esteemed and favored; -- in a good
sense. [Obs.]
God's disciple and his dearest minion. --Sylvester.
Is this the Athenian minion whom the world Voiced so
regardfully? --Shak.
2. An obsequious or servile dependent or agent of another; a
fawning favorite. --Sir J. Davies.
Go, rate thy minions, proud, insulting boy! --Shak.
3. (Print.) A small kind of type, in size between brevier and
nonpareil. [hand] This line is printed in minion type.
4. An ancient form of ordnance, the caliber of which was
about three inches. [Obs.] --Beau. & Fl.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
minion
n : a servile or fawning dependant
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