Minion
noun
A follower or helper of a powerful person.
He surrounded himself with minions who blindly followed his every command.
Often appears as...
- his loyal minion
- one of his minions
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Disapproving
noun
A character type in animated shows that is minor and usually in servitude to the main villain.
The despicable villain sent his minions to do his dirty work for him.
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Neutral
Colloquial
noun
A small, yellow, cylindrical creature featured in the 'Despicable Me' series.
The children loved watching the antics of the minions in the movie.
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Neutral
noun
A follower or helper of a powerful person.
He surrounded himself with minions who blindly followed his every command.
Often appears as...
- his loyal minion
- one of his minions
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A character type in animated shows that is minor and usually in servitude to the main villain.
The despicable villain sent his minions to do his dirty work for him.
Usage tips
Neutral
Colloquial
noun
A small, yellow, cylindrical creature featured in the 'Despicable Me' series.
The children loved watching the antics of the minions in the movie.
Usage tips
Neutral
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Power Dynamics
Used to show a clear power difference between the minion and their leader.
At work, she treated everyone like minions, expecting complete obedience.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Often implies the person is not important and blindly follows orders.
He just acts like a minion, never offering his own ideas.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Friends
Minions are not friends or equals; they work for someone more powerful.
The boss's minions were always taking notes, but never participating.
Pro Tip 1/3Power Dynamics
Used to show a clear power difference between the minion and their leader.
At work, she treated everyone like minions, expecting complete obedience.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Often implies the person is not important and blindly follows orders.
He just acts like a minion, never offering his own ideas.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Friends
Minions are not friends or equals; they work for someone more powerful.
The boss's minions were always taking notes, but never participating.
Pro Tip 1/3Power Dynamics
Used to show a clear power difference between the minion and their leader.
At work, she treated everyone like minions, expecting complete obedience.
Pro Tip 2/3Negative Connotation
Often implies the person is not important and blindly follows orders.
He just acts like a minion, never offering his own ideas.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Friends
Minions are not friends or equals; they work for someone more powerful.
The boss's minions were always taking notes, but never participating.
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Safari Live - Day 125 PIPE...
stomping around perhaps it's because he's got ants in his pants hopefully we won't have this minions in my pants because otherwise I'll be very uncomfortable but we basically have been looking around and there's so much insect life after the rain that we decided we'll have a little look under a
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Can you solve the rogue...
to launch nuclear missiles on their own. So he gave one launch code to Minion A, the other to minion B, and forbade them to share the numbers with each other. When the order came, each entered their own number and activated the countdown.
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Bye Bye Runway PIPE Life...
years ANP mechanic a pilot and helicopter mechanic and the Navy he's just got a lot of hands-on experience and that's something I need here your help is pretty valuable you got a lot of talent there I got a minion and I'm gonna use
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Fire Ants Behead Rival...
what better way to accomplish that then well kidnapping the Queen's minions scour the neighborhood for other newly founded fire ant colonies and then pilfer the brood and bring the hostage larvae back to their own queen it's hard
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Can you solve the...
You’re in the nick of time to scare off her would-be kidnapper; not the vampire itself but a minion. 373 explains that she and the other immune are the subjects of an ancient prophecy that designated them as vampire slayers.
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Introducing a New Baby...
maybe they thinking you a bunch of minions just move off I'm taking this waterfall myself maybe he just wants to be alone oh that's a young topi I thought that might have been a lion moving through the grass see I'm sure
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Can you solve the sea...
keeping one, and distributing the other twelve to their mermite minions. If any one of these divisions left an unequal pile or leftover pearl, the monsters would pull everyone to the bottom of the sea.
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Why Africa must become a...
rich or poor, high and low, rural and urban. We eagerly accept what the merchants of misery and the global African Studies safari professoriat and their aid-addled, autonomy-fearing African minions
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Can you solve the riddle...
Each of the dog’s heads has an equal chance of being the one to bite each time, and no two ever bite simultaneously. Unfortunately, Hades’ minions forgot to tell you what was happening,
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Hyena Steals a Cheetah's...
Too late. sees minions are everywhere.
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Safari Live - Day 125 PIPE...
stomping around perhaps it's because he's got ants in his pants hopefully we won't have this minions in my pants because otherwise I'll be very uncomfortable but we basically have been looking around and there's so much insect life after the rain that we decided we'll have a little look under a
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Can you solve the rogue...
to launch nuclear missiles on their own. So he gave one launch code to Minion A, the other to minion B, and forbade them to share the numbers with each other. When the order came, each entered their own number and activated the countdown.
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Bye Bye Runway PIPE Life...
years ANP mechanic a pilot and helicopter mechanic and the Navy he's just got a lot of hands-on experience and that's something I need here your help is pretty valuable you got a lot of talent there I got a minion and I'm gonna use
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Fire Ants Behead Rival...
what better way to accomplish that then well kidnapping the Queen's minions scour the neighborhood for other newly founded fire ant colonies and then pilfer the brood and bring the hostage larvae back to their own queen it's hard
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Can you solve the...
You’re in the nick of time to scare off her would-be kidnapper; not the vampire itself but a minion. 373 explains that she and the other immune are the subjects of an ancient prophecy that designated them as vampire slayers.
Video examples
Introducing a New Baby...
maybe they thinking you a bunch of minions just move off I'm taking this waterfall myself maybe he just wants to be alone oh that's a young topi I thought that might have been a lion moving through the grass see I'm sure
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Can you solve the sea...
keeping one, and distributing the other twelve to their mermite minions. If any one of these divisions left an unequal pile or leftover pearl, the monsters would pull everyone to the bottom of the sea.
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Why Africa must become a...
rich or poor, high and low, rural and urban. We eagerly accept what the merchants of misery and the global African Studies safari professoriat and their aid-addled, autonomy-fearing African minions
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Can you solve the riddle...
Each of the dog’s heads has an equal chance of being the one to bite each time, and no two ever bite simultaneously. Unfortunately, Hades’ minions forgot to tell you what was happening,
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Hyena Steals a Cheetah's...
Too late. sees minions are everywhere.
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Umberto Eco
Italian Novelist
History is rich with adventurous men, long on charisma, with a highly developed instinct for their own interests, who have pursued personal power - bypassing parliaments and constitutions, distributing favours to their minions, and conflating their own desires with the interests of the community.
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Michelle Malkin
American Writer
Here is the operating motto of the Obama White House: 'So let it be written, so let it be done!' Like Yul Brynner's Pharaoh Ramses character in Cecil B. DeMille's 'The Ten Commandments,' the demander in chief stands with arms akimbo issuing daily edicts to his constitution-subverting minions.
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Susan Campbell Bartoletti
American Writer
Between Shades of Gray' is a story of astonishing force. I feel grateful for a writer like Ruta Sepetys who bravely tells the hard story of what happens to the innocent when world leaders and their minions choose hate and oppression. Beautiful and unforgettable.
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Elena Satine
Georgian Actress
I think I could totally be a gangster, but I could never be the kind of gangster that carries things out myself. I would have to be the kingpin that has my minions go and do the dirty bidding. I think I'd be pretty good at giving orders.
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Stormy Daniels
American Celebrity
My goal is the same as it has always been - to stand up for myself and take back my voice after being bullied and intimidated by President Trump and his minions.
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Bjarke Ingels
Danish Architect
If you are not able to transmit what you're trying to achieve to your collaborators, you will only have minions - or morons.
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Ivanka Trump
American Businesswoman
I'm not a clone, and I'm not a minion.
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Umberto Eco
Italian Novelist
History is rich with adventurous men, long on charisma, with a highly developed instinct for their own interests, who have pursued personal power - bypassing parliaments and constitutions, distributing favours to their minions, and conflating their own desires with the interests of the community.
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Michelle Malkin
American Writer
Here is the operating motto of the Obama White House: 'So let it be written, so let it be done!' Like Yul Brynner's Pharaoh Ramses character in Cecil B. DeMille's 'The Ten Commandments,' the demander in chief stands with arms akimbo issuing daily edicts to his constitution-subverting minions.
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Susan Campbell Bartoletti
American Writer
Between Shades of Gray' is a story of astonishing force. I feel grateful for a writer like Ruta Sepetys who bravely tells the hard story of what happens to the innocent when world leaders and their minions choose hate and oppression. Beautiful and unforgettable.
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Elena Satine
Georgian Actress
I think I could totally be a gangster, but I could never be the kind of gangster that carries things out myself. I would have to be the kingpin that has my minions go and do the dirty bidding. I think I'd be pretty good at giving orders.
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Stormy Daniels
American Celebrity
My goal is the same as it has always been - to stand up for myself and take back my voice after being bullied and intimidated by President Trump and his minions.
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Bjarke Ingels
Danish Architect
If you are not able to transmit what you're trying to achieve to your collaborators, you will only have minions - or morons.
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Ivanka Trump
American Businesswoman
I'm not a clone, and I'm not a minion.
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