henchman

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
henchman
    n 1: someone who assists in a plot [syn: {confederate},
         {collaborator}, {henchman}, {partner in crime}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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
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