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HENCHMAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does henchman mean?
• HENCHMAN (noun)
The noun HENCHMAN has 1 sense:
1. someone who assists in a plot
Familiarity information: HENCHMAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who assists in a plot
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
collaborator; confederate; henchman; partner in crime
Hypernyms ("henchman" is a kind of...):
accessary; accessory (someone who helps another person commit a crime)
Context examples
Oh, you are an unconscious henchman.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Yes, you are a henchman.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
Henchman?
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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