Minions - English meaning

noun

An obsequious or servile person.

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He's got bootlickers telling him what a big star he's going to be

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Someone who praises or is extremely polite to a more powerful or rich person in a way that is not sincere, usually in order to get an advantage for themselves

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Even after years of being a magnet for bootlickers and overzealous admirers, he's still just a nice…

verb

To try too hard to please someone, especially someone in a position of authority, in a way that other people find unpleasant

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The rest of the class were sick of watching him brown-nose.

noun

An animal, as distinct from a human being.

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Night sounds of birds and other creatures

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Any living thing, esp. an animal

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It seems clear to me that people are creatures of emotion.

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A person who gives a servile display of exaggerated flattery or affection.

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Powerful people are always surrounded by fawners

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A person who lavishes praise, often insincerely; a sycophant.

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He is not allowing flatterers to deceive him

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A liveried manservant or footman.

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Liveried flunkies rushed forward to open the doors, tv lights flared, cameras flashed and the crowd…

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A person who does unimportant work or who has few or no important responsibilities and shows too much respect toward his or her employer

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He could snap his fingers and get his flunky to do it.

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A person who supports and admires a particular person or set of ideas.

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Followers of nietzsche

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Someone who obeys or supports another person or that person’s ideas

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The newly elected governor appeared overcome with emotion as he thanked his followers., they are en…

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A company or product that only makes new changes, enters a market, etc. after other companies or products have done this first

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Law firms are not leaders in business, they are followers., our analysis supports the view of germa…

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A person who tries to be friendly and spend time with rich or important people to get some advantage

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Wherever there are rock stars, there are always hangers-on.

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A faithful follower or political supporter, especially one prepared to engage in crime or violence by way of service.

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The dictator's henchman

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A person who is loyal to and works for someone in a position of authority and is willing to help that person even by hurting others or by committing crimes

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Although the president kept himself above the fray, his henchmen were blaming everyone.

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A person employed to do menial work.

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The poorly paid hirelings in their shabby clothes

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A servant, especially a liveried footman or manservant.

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Lackeys were waiting to help them from the carriage

verb

Behave in a servile way towards (someone).

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He had lacqueyed and flattered walpole

noun

A servant or someone who behaves like one by obeying someone else's orders or by doing unpleasant work for them

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He treats us all like his lackeys.

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A person who behaves obsequiously to those in power.

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He is a lickspittle for the establishment

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A person who praises and tries to please people in authority, usually in order to get some advantage from them

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He is a lickspittle who fawns before his aristocratic employers.

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A follower or subordinate of a powerful person, typically one who is unscrupulous or carries out orders unquestioningly.

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One of hitler's myrmidons

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Someone who follows and obeys a powerful person or authority, even when this means doing bad things for them

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They each claimed that they were only doing their job - the standard reply from the myrmidons of au…

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A person who performs duties for others, especially a person employed in a house on domestic duties or as a personal attendant.

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Financially they were well enough established to be able to employ a domestic servant.

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A person who is employed to do work for another person, esp. to work in another person’s home doing jobs such as cooking and cleaning

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A civil/public servant

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A subordinate used by another to do unpleasant routine work.

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Party stooges put there to do a job on behalf of central office

verb

Move about aimlessly; drift or cruise.

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She stooged around in the bathroom for a while

noun

A person who is forced or paid by someone in authority to do an unpleasant or secret job for them

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The newly appointed mayor is widely regarded as a government stooge.

noun

A person who acts obsequiously towards someone important in order to gain advantage.

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Because he is high-ranking, he's surrounded by sycophants

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Someone who praises powerful or rich people in a way that is not sincere, usually in order to get some advantage from them

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The prime minister is surrounded by sycophants.

noun

A person who behaves obsequiously to someone important.

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He calls it a ‘parasite’, which she learned in school is usually defined as a hanger-on, a toady, a…

verb

Act in an obsequious way.

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She imagined him toadying to his rich clients

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A person who praises and is artificially pleasant to people in authority, usually in order to get some advantage from them

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Everywhere he goes he is surrounded by an entourage of toadies., shostakovich was often seen as a p…

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A person lower in status or rank.

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She was shouting orders at underlings between gulps of coffee

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A person of low rank and little authority who works for someone more important

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She surrounded herself with underlings who were too afraid of her to answer back.

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A holder of land by feudal tenure on conditions of homage and allegiance.

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Liege homage involved the vassal admitting his obligation to pay all services, including the provis…

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A person in the middle ages who promises to be loyal to a lord (= a man of high social rank) who will protect him or her

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A person who agrees with everything their employer, leader, etc. says in order to please them