Noun

1. One of the court favourites of Henry III.
   • 2003, Louis Crompton, Homosexuality and Civilization, Harvard 2003, p. 330:

     When the mignons, barefoot and clad in sacks with holes for their heads and feet, marched with Henry in a penitential procession, lashing their backs, one wit opined that they should have aimed their blows lower.

   • 2005, Rebecca Zorach, Blood, Milk, Ink, Gold, University of Chicago 2005, p. 220:

     Many commentators claimed hyperbolically that, because of their outrageous fashions, it was difficult to tell whether the mignons were male or female.

2. A cute person; a pretty child.