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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 542 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MINION , a favourite, pet or spoiled See also:

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

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