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# From Johnson's Dictionary: Myrmidon
- URL: https://thedailyeudemon.com/52154/
- Published: 2020-10-10T00:46:00.000Z
- Updated: 2023-03-07T17:38:56.000Z
- Author: Eric Scheske
- Tags: Briefly, Samuel Johnson, #wpChunk

> **myrmidon**. Any rude ruffian; so named from the soldiers of Achilles.

## (If you're interested in the Trojan War, this word isn't new to you. But it surprised me that it was apparently in currency during the 17th-18th centuries (probably 17th; Johnson refused to use books to find words that weren't at least (if memory serves) 50 years old)).