henchman
14
7.9
- noun
- /ˈhɛnʧmən/
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- Every time the crime lord made a move, his henchman was by his side, prepared to support him.
I generally get put as the bad guy henchman.
- I generally get put as the bad guy henchman.
- He had a henchman who would come into the rehearsal room, and the henchman came in with a dead pig and plopped it on the table.
- Sometimes being an ally is more like being like a henchman almost for a sidekick.
- No knife, man gunman, con man, henchman.
- He was working with a well known was one of his closest friends, well known Cuban Ma Cuban Florida Cuban mafia guy as a henchman for years.
- That he rang to come to the yard as though coming to the house to see the naked Jamaican henchman on the side of the road with a knife in these guys.
Examples
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And he sent his most powerful henchman to collect it, Scourge.
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Well, you know he's a henchman for Dr. Evil.
Fiction book (1997) -
It's like a henchman who works for a demon.
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People never think about how things affect the family of the henchman.
Fiction book (1997) -
As you know, your brother Steven was a henchman in Dr. Evil's Private Army.
Fiction book (1997) -
Simon and his wacky henchman, Cad, schemed to rule the universe.
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The villain's henchman followed him patiently, ready to carry out any orders.
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In the movie, the henchman was fiercely loyal, helping the criminal mastermind escape police capture.
Synonyms
172
6.7
Person who helps another person commit a crime
14
7.5
A person who loyally helps and supports an important leader
5
9.0
A man who works as a servant in a rich house and obeys orders
3
5.6
A person who helps someone secretly, often in a crime
1
8.9
A woman who helps a powerful person do wrong or illegal things
Antonyms
How Loyal
30
3.5
14
7.9
- US
65
6.4
172
6.7
817
1.0
533
3.2
Surface Forms
Etymology
Henchman comes from an old word hengest meaning 'horse' or 'stallion', so it first named a man who looked after a lord's horses. Over time it came to mean any close helper or follower, and today a henchman usually means a loyal helper of a powerful, often bad, person.