His peremptory requests were generally preferred in writing, addressed "For the Lusty Knight, Sir Slosson Thompson, Office," and delivered by his grinning minion, the office factotum.
"Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions"
Slason Thompson
I have taken in a minion of the Church; I have allowed him to enter my cabin and break bread with me.
"If Any Man Sin"
H. A. Cody
"Cowardly as ye be, ye king's minion," said he, addressing the trembling messenger in a tone of scornful bitterness, "thear mout be cunnin' an' mischief in ye.
"The White Gauntlet"
Mayne Reid