henchman (Meaning)

Wordnet

henchman (n)

someone who assists in a plot

Webster

henchman (n.)

An attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant term.

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someone who assists in a plotAn attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant term.

soldier,minion, disciple, apparatchik, devotee, supporter, loyalist, satellite, myrmidon, hanger-on

traitor, defector, leader, renegade, leader, traitor, defector, turncoat, apostate, renegade

The henchman carried out his master's sinister orders with ruthless efficiency.

The mob boss's henchmen terrorized the city, extorting businesses and eliminating rivals.

The villain employed a shadowy group of henchmen to kidnap the heiress.

With his loyal henchman by his side, the criminal mastermind plotted his escape.