Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Henchman"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
henchman
n : someone who assists in a plot [syn: {confederate}, {collaborator},
{partner in crime}]
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