myrmidon
US /ˈmɜ˞.mə.dɑːn/
UK /ˈmɜ˞.mə.dɑːn/
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myrmidon
someone who follows and obeys a powerful person or authority, even when this means doing bad things for them:
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They each claimed that they were only doing their job - the standard reply from the myrmidons of authoritarian regimes everywhere.