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Well, hello - and Selamat Pagi to you JessCC (well, it's morning for me)  WELCOME aBoard!
I'm sure my esteemed friends and colleagues will have given you lots of answers... not sure if they are what you're looking for. Anyway, I hope you enjoy your time here!
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I was thinking factotum, but not enough letters. However, it's the even when it would be more sensible not to part of the definition that's really bugging me....
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Took another tack. Checked out synonyms for myrmidon as well suggested, though a letter short, by Mr. T. But guess what? MW didn't list a synonym for myrmidon--and that one sure comes closest in the defined meaning so far. Wonder what Roget has stuffed away?
Main Entry: myr·mi·don
Pronunciation: 'm&r-m&-"dän, -d&n
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English Mirmydon, Latin Myrmidon-, Myrmido, from Greek MyrmidOn
Date: 15th century
1 capitalized : a member of a legendary Thessalian people who accompanied their king Achilles in the Trojan War
2 : a loyal follower; especially : a subordinate who executes orders unquestioningly or unscrupulously
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rules of his/her job exactly, even when it would be more sensible not to
Hi - back again - has anyone mentioned dogmatist?
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How 'bout janissary? That's military--but has come to mean a loyal supporter.
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henchman... damn, eight again. 8 )
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Well, this is really interesting, though eight letters again, tsuwm.
I tried tracking down henchman to see whether it would lead to a nine-letter word, but became in the etymology of henchman.
For one thing it came from the Middle English hengestman for groom as in the one who grooms horses. Learned hengest is the Old English stallion--so a henchman is a stallion man, ergo, groom in the Middle English sense.
I'd always before just thought of the Mob when hearing henchman...but now can think of the smell of horses.
On to find another 9-letter word, but thanks, tswum, for a lovely excursion,
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