myrmidon
\MUR-muh-don; -duhn\, noun:
1. [Capitalized] A member of a warlike Thessalian people who followed Achilles on the expedition against Troy.
2. A loyal follower, especially one who executes orders without question, protest, or pity.
He risked assassination, torture or . . . retaliation, the defining signatures of Mr. Milosevic and his
ultranationalist myrmidons.
