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2 definitions found 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 1.6 [wn]: henchman n : someone who assists in a plot [syn: {confederate}, {collaborator}, {partner in crime}]
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