henchman

Εννοια (Αγγλικός)

1. A loyal and trusted follower or subordinate.
2. A person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests.
3. An assistant member of a criminal gang.
4. (obsolete) A page to a prince or other person of high rank.

Έννοιες

μπράβος

πιστός ακόλουθος κομματάρχου

πρωτοπαλίκαρο

Συνώνυμα

follower

lackey

minion

stooge

subordinate

supporter

underling

collaborator

squire

adherent

partner in crime

flunky

yes man

confederate

friend

lover

❤️

member

retainer

satellite

📡

servant

servile

armour-bearer

sword-bearer

pursuivant

accomplice

chief bodyguard

advocate

advocator

associate

bodyguard

cohort

collaborationist

colleague

creature

crony

disciple

fan

flunkey

fold

Μεταφράσεις

sbire

secuaz

Anhänger

séide

scagnozzo

uşak

Scherge

partigiano

Anhängerin

Handlanger

adepte

Gefolgsmann

sbirro

👮

acolyte

Προφέρεται ως (IPA)

/ˈhɛnt͡ʃ.mən/

Ετυμολογία (Αγγλικός)

Κληρονομήθηκε από Μέσα Αγγλικά: henxman

Κληρονομήθηκε από Παλαιά Αγγλικά: *hengstmann

Συγγενές με Γερμανικά: Hengstmann

Συγγενές με Ισλανδικά: hestamaður

In summary

From Middle English henxman (“page, attendant”), from Old English *hengstmann, *hengestmann (“groom”, literally “horseman”), from hengst, hengest (“stallion, horse, steed, gelding”) (from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz (“stallion”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱanḱest-, *kankest- (“horse”)) + mann (“man”). Cognate with archaic German Hengstmann (“a groom”), Icelandic hestamaður (“horseman, groom”).