Henchman

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Henchman \Hench"man\ (h[e^]nch"man), n.; pl. {-men} (-men). [OE.
     hencheman, henxman; prob. fr. OE. & AS. hengest horse + E.
     man, and meaning, a groom. AS. hengest is akin to D. & G.
     hengst stallion, OHG. hengist horse, gelding.]
     An attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a
     political cant term.


     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  henchman
       n : someone who assists in a plot [syn: {confederate}, {collaborator},
            {partner in crime}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  61 Moby Thesaurus words for "henchman":
     adherent, appendage, associate, attendant, bodyguard, buddy, buff,
     cavaliere servente, cohort, confidant, courtier, creature, crony,
     dangler, dependent, disciple, dummy, fan, figurehead, flunky,
     follower, following, gangster, gillie, goon, gunsel, hanger-on,
     hatchet man, heavy, heeler, homme de cour, hooligan, jackal,
     lackey, man, minion, myrmidon, parasite, partisan, public, puppet,
     pursuer, pursuivant, retainer, right-hand man, satellite, sectary,
     servant, shadow, sidekick, stooge, successor, supporter, sycophant,
     tagtail, tail, thug, torpedo, trainbearer, votary, ward heeler