MYR'MIDON, noun [Gr. a multitude of ants.] Primarily, the Myrmidons are said to have been a people on the borders of Thessaly, who accompanied Achilles to the war against Troy. Hence the name came to signify a soldier of a rough character, a desperate soldier or ruffian.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.