minion:
(plural: ‘minions‘)
a minion in an office
an officer’s assistant or subordinate who praises his/her superior too much and behaves almost like a slave in order to get favours or personal benefits from that officer;
a politician’s follower who is full of praises to his mentor and behaves almost like a slave to him/her in order to get favours;
a sycophant;
a henchman,
a political minion at the feet of a political leader
e.g.
Everybody knows that Greg is the boss’s minion, always praising the boss even for his stupid ideas!
The minister is always followed by several of his minions.
The religious leaders always blame the imaginary Satan’s minions for the wrong doings of the people, ignoring the fact that there are no minions worse than the people.
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Note 1: ‘Minion’, always with a capital ‘M’, is often found in the names of people, e.g. Joseph Minion, Fred Minion, Mary Minion, etc.
Note 2: ‘Minion’ is also used in computing — Minion (solver) and Minion (typeface).
Note 2: ‘Minion’ is also used in computing — Minion (solver) and Minion (typeface).
