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MINION

This article appears in Volume V18, Page 542 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: MIC-MOL
MINION , a favourite, pet or spoiled person. The word is adapted from the Fr. mignon (Ital. mignone), of which the origin is doubtful. Connexions with the O.H. Ger. minna, love, and with a Celtic root min-, meaning small, have been suggested. " Minion " is chiefly applied in a derogatory sense to the " creatures " of a royal
court
 , and thus has been used of the favourites of
Edward
  II. and James I. of England, and of
Henry
  III. of France. In the sense pretty, delicate, dainty, the French form mignon or mignonne is often used in
English
 . During the .17th
century
  " minion " was the name of a type of cannon with a small bore. In typography, it is still used for the type which comes between "nonpareil " and " brevier."


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