henchman
henchman
Definition
hench·man (henc̸h′mən)
noun pl. -·men-mən
- Obsolete a male attendant; page or squire
- a trusted helper or follower
- ☆ a political underling who seeks mainly to advance his own interests
- ☆ any of the followers of a criminal gang leader
Etymology: ME henxtman, hencheman < OE hengest, stallion (see Hengist) + -man: orig. sense prob. “horse attendant”
henchman
Synonyms
henchman
Usage Examples
Possessives
- villain: There's a villain, and a villain's henchman.
Converse of object
- hire: Bosses always hire henchmen weaker then they are to do their easy work.
- become: Storm Troopers have become the coolest movie henchmen around.
- mask: The show starts with large box being wheeled to stage center by two masked henchmen.
Adjective modifier
- evil: You start off with your own volcanic island of undisclosed location and an evil henchman and you have to take over the world.
- chief: Ed Lauter is also good as the Warden's chief henchman Captain Knauer, bringing a real menace to the guards.
- political: Yet they and their political henchmen continue to be appeased by Tony Blair and the Westminster Government.
- other: He has a darker tint than all the other henchmen.
- loyal: The bad guy usually kills his henchman for failing, yet don't seem to run out of loyal henchmen.
- wicked: Your mission is to rescue a batch of missing Pokémon, stolen by a band of wicked henchmen: the Phobos Battalion!
Modifies a noun
- platform: Henchman platforms are in regular use at some of the finest stately homes in the UK.
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