Myrmidon /(?)/

Myr·mi·don

Myrmidon

n.
  1. One of a fierce tribe or troop who accompanied Achilles, their king, to the Trojan war.
  2. A soldier or a subordinate civil officer who executes cruel orders of a superior without protest or pity; -- sometimes applied to bailiffs, constables, etc.
    With unabated ardor the vindictive man of law and his myrmidons pressed forward.