attendant, devoted follower
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Henchman Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
An attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant term.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutAn attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant term.
henchman
\hench"man\ (?), n.; pl. -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.
henchman
n : someone who assists in a plot [syn: confederate, collaborator, partner in crime]
A servile assistant and subordinate.
Noun
1. someone who assists in a plot
(synonym) confederate, collaborator, partner in crime
(hypernym) accessory, accessary
Henchman Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Henchman referred originally to one who attended on a horse for his employer, that is, a horse groom. Hence, like constable and marshal, also originally stable staff, henchman became the title of a subordinate official in a royal court or noble household. It is now used to generally describe any person with subordinate status derisively, while most often used specifically to a hired guard or minion of a villain or master criminal.
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