minion

An obsequious follower or dependent; a sycophant.

A subordinate official, especially a servile one.

One who is highly esteemed or favored; a darling.

The sittings of ironstone after calcination at the iron-furnaces.

An obsolete variant of minium.

One who or that which is beloved; a favorite; a darling.

An intriguing favorite; one who gains grace by vile or unworthy means; a servile creature.

Hence A pert or saucy girl or woman; one who is too bold or forward; a minx.

A small printing-type, about 10½ lines to the inch, intermediate between the sizes nonpareil (smaller) and brevier (larger).

A type of cannon in use in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.