Minion – beast (8)
I believe the answer is:
creature
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this clue is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">minion</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(thesaurus)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">beast</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that beast can be written as creature)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for creature that I've seen before include "Living being" , "Animate being" , "Human being or lower animal" , "Animal or person" , "soul" .)