Henchman Definition

hĕnchmən
henchmen
noun
henchmen
A trusted helper or follower.
Webster's New World
A male attendant; page or squire.
Webster's New World
A political underling who seeks mainly to advance his own interests.
Webster's New World
Any of the followers of a criminal gang leader.
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Other Word Forms of Henchman

Noun

Singular:
henchman
Plural:
henchmen

Origin of Henchman

  • From Middle English hencheman, henseman, henxman (“a groom, page, attendant”), from Old English *hengstmann, *hengestmann (“groom”, literally “horseman”), from hengst, hengest (“stallion, horse, steed, gelding”) (from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz (“stallion”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱanḱest-, *kankest- (“horse”)) + mann (“man”). Cognate with German Hengstmann (“a groom”), Icelandic hestamaður (“horseman, groom”). More at man.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English hengsman, henshman servant to a person of rank hengest horse (from Old English) man man man

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Henchman Sentence Examples

  • There's a villain, and a villain's henchman.

  • Such men were Egil, the foe of Eirik Bloodaxe and the friend of lEthelstan; Kormak, the hot-headed champion; Eyvind, King Haakon's poet, called Skaldaspillir, because he copied in his dirge over that king the older and finer Eiriksmal; Gunnlaug, who sang at Æthelred's court, and fell at the hands of a brother bard, Hrafn; Hallfred, Olaf Tryggvason's poet, who lies in Iona by the side of Macbeth; Sighvat, Saint Olaf's henchman, most prolific of all his comrades; Thormod, Coalbrow's poet, who died singing after Sticklestad battle; Ref, Ottar the Black, Arnor the earls' poet, and, of those whose poetry was almost confined to Iceland, Gretti, Biorn the Hitdale champion, and the two model Icelandic masters, Einar Skulason and Markus the Lawman, both of the 12th century.

  • When Max causes the death of one gang-leader's henchman, the gang responses by killing Max's partner, leading Max to quit the force to protect his wife and son.

  • In 1873 Bismarck, who was in thorough sympathy with his views, persuaded him to enter the service of Prussia as secretary of state for foreign affairs, and from this time till his death he was the chancellor's most faithful henchman.

  • Henchman Shredder chippers are heavy duty garden chippers and shredders in one - for household and professional use.

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Words Starting With

HHEHEN

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NANMAN

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