\Myr"mi*don\, n. [L. Myrmidones, Gr. ?, pl.]
1. One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompained 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.
   --Thackeray.
         With unabated ardor the vindictive man of law and
         his myrmidons pressed forward.        --W. H.
                                               Ainsworth.