minion (n.)

• adherent
• agent
• appliance
• backscratcher
• backslapper
• bootlicker
• brownie
• clawback
• contrivance
• courtier
• creature
• darling
• dependent
• device
• disciple
• dummy
• dupe
• favorite
• fawner
• feudatory
• figurehead
• flatterer
• flunky
• follower
• fondling
• gillie
• go-between
• goon
• groveler
• handmaid
• handmaiden
• hanger-on
• helot
• henchman
• idol
• implement
• inferior
• instrument
• intermediary
• intermediate
• intermedium
• jackal
• jewel
• lackey
• lever
• liege
• man
• mechanism
• mediator
• medium
• midwife
• myrmidon
• organ
• pawn
• peon
• pet
• plaything
• preference
• puppet
• retainer
• satellite
• serf
• servant
• slave
• spaniel
• stooge
• subordinate
• suck
• sycophant
• thug
• timeserver
• toad
• toady
• tool
• toy
• trucker
• truckler
• underling
• vassal
• vehicle
• votary
• yeoman
• yes-man