henchman
- A loyal and trusted follower or subordinate.
- A person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests.
- An assistant member of a criminal gang.
- (obsolete) A page to a prince or other person of high rank.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhɛnt͡ʃ.mən/
Etymology
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”).
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