17 Jun 2015 19:20 door Corretto
Slaafje is trouwens niet het goede woord. Volgeling - dat is het meer denk ik.
Etymology
1490, from Middle French mignon (“lover, royal favourite, darling”), from Old French mignot (“dainty, pleasing, gentle, kind”), from Frankish *minnijo (“love, friendship, affection, memory”), from Proto-Germanic *minþijō, *mindijō (“affectionate thought, care”), from Proto-Indo-European *men-, *mnā- (“to think”). Cognate with Old High German minnja (“love, care, affection, desire, memory”), Old Saxon minnea (“love”). More at mind.
Noun
minion (countable and uncountable, plural minions)
A loyal servant of another, usually a more powerful being.
The archvillain deployed his minions to simultaneously rob every bank in the city.
A sycophantic follower.
(obsolete) A loved one; one highly esteemed and favoured.
(obsolete) An ancient form of ordnance with a calibre of about three inches.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Beaumont and Fletcher to this entry?)
(uncountable, typography, printing) The size of type between nonpareil and brevier, standardized as 7-point.
Obsolete form of minimum.
(Can we find and add a quotation of Burton to this entry?)
Synonyms
(loyal servant): disciple, follower, henchman, stooge, toady