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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 myr·mi·don /ˈmɝməˌdɑn, dən/
 家僕,部下,跟班

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Myr·mi·don n.
 1. One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompanied Achilles, their king, to the Trojan war.
 2. A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes cruel orders of a superior without protest or pity; -- sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc.
    With unabated ardor the vindictive man of law and his myrmidons pressed forward.   --W. H. Ainsworth.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 myrmidon
      n 1: a follower who carries out orders without question
      2: (Greek mythology) a member of the warriors who followed
         Achilles on the expedition against Troy
      [also: myrmidones (pl)]