henchmann.

Brit.

/ˈhɛn(t)ʃmən/, U.S.

/ˈhɛn(t)ʃmən/

Inflections: Plural henchmen.

Forms:

α. Middle English henksmen (plural), Middle English henxstman, Middle English–1500s hensmen (plural), late Middle English henxemenne (plural), late Middle English henxtmen (plural), late Middle English heyncemann, late Middle English heynesmen (plural), late Middle English heynsmen (plural), late Middle English hynsmen (plural), late Middle English–1500s henkysmen (plural), late Middle English–1500s henseman, late Middle English–1500s henxemen (plural), late Middle English–1500s henxmen (plural), 1500s hencemen (Scottish, plural), 1500s hencksmen (plural), 1500s hensemen (plural), 1500s henxcemenne (plural), 1500s–1600s hensman, 1600s henxman.

β. late Middle English anschamen (plural), late Middle English hanseman, late Middle English hansemene (plural), late Middle English haynxman, late Middle English–1500s hansman, 1500s hanshman, 1500s haunchman, 1500s hauneshman, 1500s haunsmen (plural), 1500s–1600s (1700s–1800s Scottish) hanchman, 1800s hainchman (Scottish).

γ. late Middle English henchemanne, late Middle English–1500s henshmen (plural), 1500s hencheman, 1500s henshemen (plural), 1500s– henchman, 1600s henshman.

Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hengest n., man n.¹

Etymology: Apparently < hengest n. + man n.¹ Compare Old Icelandic hestamaðr groom.Evidence for earlier currency. Earlier currency is implied by post-classical Latin hengsmannus (from 1345–9 in British sources), hengestmannus (from 1360 in British sources) and Anglo-Norman henxman (c1370 in plural form henxtemen ), both < English. Semantic development. Although there appears to be no explicit evidence that the office of henchman involved duties relating to horses, the royal henchmen are listed as being under the command of the Master of the King's Horse in the earliest documentary source for the word in 1345–9. Moreover, the English word is rendered in 15th-cent. glossaries by post-classical Latin gerolocista (of uncertain origin, although perhaps compare gerulus carrier, messenger, packhorse), which has been taken to suggest that the original sense may have been ‘sumpter, servant who leads a packhorse’, or more generally ‘servant who tends horses’. This would be consistent with the fact that early henchmen seem to have been of the rank of servant (compare e.g. quot. c1440 at sense 1a), unlike the royal henchmen of the later 15th and 16th centuries, who were typically the sons of noblemen seeking an education in courtly manners. For parallel cases where words for servants have come to denote positions of honour in the royal household, compare groom n.¹ (especially titles like Groom of the Chamber, Groom of the Stole at groom n.¹ 4) and marshal n., both originally denoting servants employed to tend horses. In sense 1b used variously to translate classical Latin minister, agaso, accensus, armiger, ministrator. Note on forms. Later use of β. forms in Scots in sense 3 reflects folk-etymological association with haunch n.¹ (compare the Scots variants hench , henche beside hainch , hanch at that entry), first recorded in the writings of Edmund Burt. Compare quot. 1754 at sense 3 and also:1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. II. xxi. 156 The Foster-brother having the same Education as the young Chief, may besides that..become his Hanchman... This Officer is a Sort of Secretary, and is to be ready, upon all Occasions, to venture his Life, in Defence of his Master; and at Drinking-bouts he stands behind his Seat, at his Haunch, from whence his Title is deriv'd, and watches the Conversation.

a. A high-ranking male servant with the role of attendant or page of honour to a monarch, nobleman, dignitary, etc., esp. one employed to accompany that person when riding in processions, progresses, marches, etc. Later also: a liveried page or footman who walks alongside the horse of a Lord Mayor, sheriff, etc., in ceremonial processions; cf. henchboy n. historical after 17th cent.In the earliest documentation, the word is applied to a small number of personal attendants to Edward III who appear to have served in a role similar to that of Groom of the Chamber (Groom of the Chamber at groom n.¹ 4). Throughout the 15th and 16th centuries the English royal household continued to include a group of henchmen, typically boys and young men from noble families undergoing a chivalric education, until the position was abolished by Elizabeth I (cf. quot. 1565). Attendants designated by this name are also recorded in the households of noblemen, knights, and magnates. For further information on this history of the role see C. M. Woolgar Great Househ. Late Medieval Eng. (1999) iii. 41–2.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > boy or man attending on person of high rank

pagec1300

henchman1377

young manc1384

henchboya1512

1377–80 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer (P.R.O.: E101/400/4) m. 23 Hans Wynsele, henxstman domini regis pro vestura et apparat' suis.

c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 2743 (MED) Harlottez and hansemene sall helpe bott littill.

1483 Wardrobe Acct. in Grose's Antiquarian Repertory (1807) I. 45 To v henxemen of our saide Souverain Lady the Quene, ryding in the saide v womens sadelles covered in crymysyn cloth of gold.

a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 648 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 115 Robyn redbrest nocht ran Bot Raid as a hensman.

1565 F. Alen Let. 11 Dec. in E. Lodge Illustr. Hist. (1791) I. 358 Her highnes hath of late, whereat some doo moche marvel, dissolved the auncient office of the henchemen.

1598 Floure & Leafe in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 367/1 Euery knight had after him riding Three hensh men on him awaiting.

1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 121 I doe but begge a little Changeling boy, To be my Henchman .

1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. i. sig. B4 Profound toungd Maister Puffe, he that hath a perpetuitie of complement, he whose phrases are as neatly deckt as my Lord Maiors Hensmen.

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Henchman or Heinsman, is a German word, signifying a Domestick or one of a family; It is used with us for one that runs on foot, attending on a person of honor.

1771 J. Ayloffe Hist. Descr. Anc. Picture Windsor-Castle 29 Then come two of the King's Henchmen..both of them dressed alike in crimson jackets, embroidered on the back with the Union Rose between a greyhound and a dragon.

1842 R. H. Barham Lay St. Cuthbert in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 220 Pantler and serving-man, henchman and page, Stand sniffing the duck-stuffing (onion and sage).

1990 Marshall (Mich.) Chron. 8 Nov. 5/4 An ancestor, Turner Harvey, was a noted archer and warrior. He became a favorite henchman of King Henry VIII.

†b. In translations of Latin texts: a male servant, officer, or attendant to a ruler or person of rank in ancient Rome or classical mythology. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > other specific personal attendants

henchmana1560

wallet-bearer1611

punkaha1613

bathing-woman1789

laquais de place1789

agterryer1824

punkah-wallah1826

famulus1837

personal assistant1910

a1560 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Nyne Fyrst Bks. Eneidos (1562) ix. sig. Ee.iv He to Anchises great from chylde was henchman bearing armes [L. armiger].

1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xliii. v. 1159 To send presents..two bard horses with their henxmen and lackies [L. agasonibus].

1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 238 He served Caius as his henxman [L. ministratorem] at a chariot running.

2. figurative and in figurative contexts. An inanimate object or abstract quality personified as an attendant or lackey.

ΚΠ

1590 R. Wilson Three Lordes & Three Ladies London sig. G3 Yet is his page or hench-man Modesty, Lucre the Lady that shal be his prize.

1594 J. Dickenson Arisbas sig. B^v Rough Boreas winters Hench-man..scourged the plaines with a troupe of tempests.

1637 N. Whiting Le Hore di Recreatione 3 Nay mournd in darknesse if denide her sight, As when dayes Hanchman does deny her light.

1811 W. Scott Let. 14 Aug. (1932) II. 531 I have the Tweed for my henchman for about a mile.

1993 L. Greene & H. Sasportas Inner Planets 228 Mars serves as a henchman to the Sun, fuelling and giving power to the striving for individuality.

3. A high-ranking officer in the retinue of a Scottish Highland chief, serving as his closest attendant, private secretary, and personal bodyguard. Also more generally: a retainer of a Highland chief, a ghillie (ghillie n. 2). Now historical.In the 18th cent. the office of henchman (in Scottish Gaelic gille coise, lit. ‘footman, foot-servant’) was typically held by a well-educated young man of noble birth, often one of the chief's foster-brothers.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun]

followereOE

youngereOE

retenantc1390

suitora1398

waitera1500

retainer1508

pursuivant1513

villein1534

consequent1550

backmanc1560

janissary1565

jackman1566

hensure1568

belonger1577

lackey1588

sequent1598

pedissequant1607

henchman1754

gesith1861

ministerialis1888

1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. II. xxi. 157 A Youth who was Hanchman, not understanding one Word of English, imagin'd his Chief was insulted, and thereupon drew his Pistol..and snap'd it at the Officer's Head.

1820 W. Scott Monastery II. i. 23 The proud Percy caused hang five of the Laird's henchmen at Alnwick for burning a rickle of houses.

1833 W. C. Brownlee Whigs of Scotl. I. ix. 82 He felt for his claymore: and looked furiously around him, for his hainchman to bring him his arms.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 335 The henchman was an excellent orderly: the hereditary piper and his sons formed the band: and the clan became at once a regiment.

1909 T. Johnston Our Scots Noble Families (1999) 55 About 1469 David Scott was appointed Laird of Buccleugh as a henchman to the Earl of Angus, and was given bailieship and landwardenship over Liddesdale, Ewesdale, and Eskdale.

1944 Scots Mag. Apr. 42 Sinclair accordingly paid a visit to the Lewis, and on his departure, exchanged pages with MacLeod. That same night, the Shetland laird's henchman assassinated his new master.

2010 M. McCarthy Chief ii. 27 Erik MacSorley, Angus Og's kinsman and Gille-coise henchman, reputed to be the best seafarer in the isles.

4. A loyal (male) follower, assistant, or companion. Now rare.

ΚΠ

1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XI xiii. 109 Who fell..And roared out..Unto his nearest follower or henchman, ‘O Jack ! I'm floored by that 'ere bloody Frenchman.’

1865 Cornhill Mag. July 119 One Jacobus Battus, a faithful brother-scholar, and henchman.

1883 S. C. Hall Retrospect Long Life II. 272 He was much crippled, yet he could still make a good cast over the river..and aided by his henchman land a salmon.

1955 E. Humphreys Man's Estate xi. 118 I wish I could tell someone how attached I am to this institution, where each of us takes his proper place and where each of us has his own staunch henchman.

a. A devoted or zealous (male) political supporter, a partisan. Also: a person (usually a man) engaged by a politician to further his or her interests by corrupt or unscrupulous means.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > attachment to party > one attached to party > stout or uncompromising

true blue1647

henchman1835

straight-out1840

stalwart1881

flat-foot1887

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > low, venal, or unscrupulous

ribaldc1330

zany1601

myrmidon1647

henchman1875

1835 Times 3 Apr. 4/4 The moment the Government came into power they allied themselves with the most bitter enemies of those feelings; they placed their henchmen at the head of the state, and they crammed their Privy Council with them.

1875 N. Amer. Rev. 120 127 One day a henchman of his [sc. New York politician William M. Tweed], who had a place on the police force, being arraigned before the Commissioners, besought the great man's intercession to save him from dismissal.

1944 Times 6 Sept. 5/6 There have been many similar mingled threats and exhortations..from Hitler's henchmen since that speech.

2018 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 31 Dec. 9 His henchmen—especially coalition chairman MK David Amsalem—are actually openly inciting the Likud hard core to go out and demonstrate against a decision..to indict Netanyahu.

b. Originally U.S. A male subordinate to a criminal or villain, esp. one who obeys his leader unquestioningly and is prepared to engage in violence or crime on his behalf; an accomplice, heavy, or sidekick.Now the usual sense.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > one who assists > specific kind of

henchwoman1836

minder1896

henchman1905

1905 Public Opinion 5 Dec. 753/2 Strangely enough, Paul Kelly has no police record—he always delegates his duties to a henchman.

1939 Monthly Film Bull. Jan. 70/2 The direction is poor, especially the last sequence in which the villain pursued by the hero pursued by the villain's henchmen pursued by the sheriff's posse all swarm up a much-too-small rock.

1990 N.Y. Mag. 11 June 105/2 A gangster shows up with his henchmen and his wife at the vast French restaurant he owns.

2016 Lichfield Mercury (Nexis) 4 Aug. 24 Demented supervillain The Joker..conducts his reign of terror flanked by trusty henchmen.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	henchman
释义	henchmann. Brit. /ˈhɛn(t)ʃmən/, U.S. /ˈhɛn(t)ʃmən/ Inflections: Plural henchmen. Forms: α. Middle English henksmen (plural), Middle English henxstman, Middle English–1500s hensmen (plural), late Middle English henxemenne (plural), late Middle English henxtmen (plural), late Middle English heyncemann, late Middle English heynesmen (plural), late Middle English heynsmen (plural), late Middle English hynsmen (plural), late Middle English–1500s henkysmen (plural), late Middle English–1500s henseman, late Middle English–1500s henxemen (plural), late Middle English–1500s henxmen (plural), 1500s hencemen (Scottish, plural), 1500s hencksmen (plural), 1500s hensemen (plural), 1500s henxcemenne (plural), 1500s–1600s hensman, 1600s henxman. β. late Middle English anschamen (plural), late Middle English hanseman, late Middle English hansemene (plural), late Middle English haynxman, late Middle English–1500s hansman, 1500s hanshman, 1500s haunchman, 1500s hauneshman, 1500s haunsmen (plural), 1500s–1600s (1700s–1800s Scottish) hanchman, 1800s hainchman (Scottish). γ. late Middle English henchemanne, late Middle English–1500s henshmen (plural), 1500s hencheman, 1500s henshemen (plural), 1500s– henchman, 1600s henshman. Origin: Apparently formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: hengest n., man n.¹ Etymology: Apparently < hengest n. + man n.¹ Compare Old Icelandic hestamaðr groom.Evidence for earlier currency. Earlier currency is implied by post-classical Latin hengsmannus (from 1345–9 in British sources), hengestmannus (from 1360 in British sources) and Anglo-Norman henxman (c1370 in plural form henxtemen ), both < English. Semantic development. Although there appears to be no explicit evidence that the office of henchman involved duties relating to horses, the royal henchmen are listed as being under the command of the Master of the King's Horse in the earliest documentary source for the word in 1345–9. Moreover, the English word is rendered in 15th-cent. glossaries by post-classical Latin gerolocista (of uncertain origin, although perhaps compare gerulus carrier, messenger, packhorse), which has been taken to suggest that the original sense may have been ‘sumpter, servant who leads a packhorse’, or more generally ‘servant who tends horses’. This would be consistent with the fact that early henchmen seem to have been of the rank of servant (compare e.g. quot. c1440 at sense 1a), unlike the royal henchmen of the later 15th and 16th centuries, who were typically the sons of noblemen seeking an education in courtly manners. For parallel cases where words for servants have come to denote positions of honour in the royal household, compare groom n.¹ (especially titles like Groom of the Chamber, Groom of the Stole at groom n.¹ 4) and marshal n., both originally denoting servants employed to tend horses. In sense 1b used variously to translate classical Latin minister, agaso, accensus, armiger, ministrator. Note on forms. Later use of β. forms in Scots in sense 3 reflects folk-etymological association with haunch n.¹ (compare the Scots variants hench , henche beside hainch , hanch at that entry), first recorded in the writings of Edmund Burt. Compare quot. 1754 at sense 3 and also:1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. II. xxi. 156 The Foster-brother having the same Education as the young Chief, may besides that..become his Hanchman... This Officer is a Sort of Secretary, and is to be ready, upon all Occasions, to venture his Life, in Defence of his Master; and at Drinking-bouts he stands behind his Seat, at his Haunch, from whence his Title is deriv'd, and watches the Conversation. 1. a. A high-ranking male servant with the role of attendant or page of honour to a monarch, nobleman, dignitary, etc., esp. one employed to accompany that person when riding in processions, progresses, marches, etc. Later also: a liveried page or footman who walks alongside the horse of a Lord Mayor, sheriff, etc., in ceremonial processions; cf. henchboy n. historical after 17th cent.In the earliest documentation, the word is applied to a small number of personal attendants to Edward III who appear to have served in a role similar to that of Groom of the Chamber (Groom of the Chamber at groom n.¹ 4). Throughout the 15th and 16th centuries the English royal household continued to include a group of henchmen, typically boys and young men from noble families undergoing a chivalric education, until the position was abolished by Elizabeth I (cf. quot. 1565). Attendants designated by this name are also recorded in the households of noblemen, knights, and magnates. For further information on this history of the role see C. M. Woolgar Great Househ. Late Medieval Eng. (1999) iii. 41–2. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > boy or man attending on person of high rank pagec1300 henchman1377 young manc1384 henchboya1512 1377–80 Accts. Exchequer King's Remembrancer (P.R.O.: E101/400/4) m. 23 Hans Wynsele, henxstman domini regis pro vestura et apparat' suis. c1440 (?a1400) Morte Arthure l. 2743 (MED) Harlottez and hansemene sall helpe bott littill. 1483 Wardrobe Acct. in Grose's Antiquarian Repertory (1807) I. 45 To v henxemen of our saide Souverain Lady the Quene, ryding in the saide v womens sadelles covered in crymysyn cloth of gold. a1525 (c1448) R. Holland Bk. Howlat l. 648 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1925) II. 115 Robyn redbrest nocht ran Bot Raid as a hensman. 1565 F. Alen Let. 11 Dec. in E. Lodge Illustr. Hist. (1791) I. 358 Her highnes hath of late, whereat some doo moche marvel, dissolved the auncient office of the henchemen. 1598 Floure & Leafe in T. Speght Wks. G. Chaucer f. 367/1 Euery knight had after him riding Three hensh men on him awaiting. 1600 W. Shakespeare Midsummer Night's Dream ii. i. 121 I doe but begge a little Changeling boy, To be my Henchman . View more context for this quotation 1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. i. sig. B4 Profound toungd Maister Puffe, he that hath a perpetuitie of complement, he whose phrases are as neatly deckt as my Lord Maiors Hensmen. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Henchman or Heinsman, is a German word, signifying a Domestick or one of a family; It is used with us for one that runs on foot, attending on a person of honor. 1771 J. Ayloffe Hist. Descr. Anc. Picture Windsor-Castle 29 Then come two of the King's Henchmen..both of them dressed alike in crimson jackets, embroidered on the back with the Union Rose between a greyhound and a dragon. 1842 R. H. Barham Lay St. Cuthbert in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 220 Pantler and serving-man, henchman and page, Stand sniffing the duck-stuffing (onion and sage). 1990 Marshall (Mich.) Chron. 8 Nov. 5/4 An ancestor, Turner Harvey, was a noted archer and warrior. He became a favorite henchman of King Henry VIII. †b. In translations of Latin texts: a male servant, officer, or attendant to a ruler or person of rank in ancient Rome or classical mythology. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > other specific personal attendants henchmana1560 wallet-bearer1611 punkaha1613 bathing-woman1789 laquais de place1789 agterryer1824 punkah-wallah1826 famulus1837 personal assistant1910 a1560 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Nyne Fyrst Bks. Eneidos (1562) ix. sig. Ee.iv He to Anchises great from chylde was henchman bearing armes [L. armiger]. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xliii. v. 1159 To send presents..two bard horses with their henxmen and lackies [L. agasonibus]. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 238 He served Caius as his henxman [L. ministratorem] at a chariot running. 2. figurative and in figurative contexts. An inanimate object or abstract quality personified as an attendant or lackey. ΚΠ 1590 R. Wilson Three Lordes & Three Ladies London sig. G3 Yet is his page or hench-man Modesty, Lucre the Lady that shal be his prize. 1594 J. Dickenson Arisbas sig. B^v Rough Boreas winters Hench-man..scourged the plaines with a troupe of tempests. 1637 N. Whiting Le Hore di Recreatione 3 Nay mournd in darknesse if denide her sight, As when dayes Hanchman does deny her light. 1811 W. Scott Let. 14 Aug. (1932) II. 531 I have the Tweed for my henchman for about a mile. 1993 L. Greene & H. Sasportas Inner Planets 228 Mars serves as a henchman to the Sun, fuelling and giving power to the striving for individuality. 3. A high-ranking officer in the retinue of a Scottish Highland chief, serving as his closest attendant, private secretary, and personal bodyguard. Also more generally: a retainer of a Highland chief, a ghillie (ghillie n. 2). Now historical.In the 18th cent. the office of henchman (in Scottish Gaelic gille coise, lit. ‘footman, foot-servant’) was typically held by a well-educated young man of noble birth, often one of the chief's foster-brothers. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] followereOE youngereOE retenantc1390 suitora1398 waitera1500 retainer1508 pursuivant1513 villein1534 consequent1550 backmanc1560 janissary1565 jackman1566 hensure1568 belonger1577 lackey1588 sequent1598 pedissequant1607 henchman1754 gesith1861 ministerialis1888 1754 E. Burt Lett. N. Scotl. II. xxi. 157 A Youth who was Hanchman, not understanding one Word of English, imagin'd his Chief was insulted, and thereupon drew his Pistol..and snap'd it at the Officer's Head. 1820 W. Scott Monastery II. i. 23 The proud Percy caused hang five of the Laird's henchmen at Alnwick for burning a rickle of houses. 1833 W. C. Brownlee Whigs of Scotl. I. ix. 82 He felt for his claymore: and looked furiously around him, for his hainchman to bring him his arms. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xiii. 335 The henchman was an excellent orderly: the hereditary piper and his sons formed the band: and the clan became at once a regiment. 1909 T. Johnston Our Scots Noble Families (1999) 55 About 1469 David Scott was appointed Laird of Buccleugh as a henchman to the Earl of Angus, and was given bailieship and landwardenship over Liddesdale, Ewesdale, and Eskdale. 1944 Scots Mag. Apr. 42 Sinclair accordingly paid a visit to the Lewis, and on his departure, exchanged pages with MacLeod. That same night, the Shetland laird's henchman assassinated his new master. 2010 M. McCarthy Chief ii. 27 Erik MacSorley, Angus Og's kinsman and Gille-coise henchman, reputed to be the best seafarer in the isles. 4. A loyal (male) follower, assistant, or companion. Now rare. ΚΠ 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto XI xiii. 109 Who fell..And roared out..Unto his nearest follower or henchman, ‘O Jack ! I'm floored by that 'ere bloody Frenchman.’ 1865 Cornhill Mag. July 119 One Jacobus Battus, a faithful brother-scholar, and henchman. 1883 S. C. Hall Retrospect Long Life II. 272 He was much crippled, yet he could still make a good cast over the river..and aided by his henchman land a salmon. 1955 E. Humphreys Man's Estate xi. 118 I wish I could tell someone how attached I am to this institution, where each of us takes his proper place and where each of us has his own staunch henchman. 5. a. A devoted or zealous (male) political supporter, a partisan. Also: a person (usually a man) engaged by a politician to further his or her interests by corrupt or unscrupulous means. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > politics > party politics > [noun] > attachment to party > one attached to party > stout or uncompromising true blue1647 henchman1835 straight-out1840 stalwart1881 flat-foot1887 society > authority > subjection > service > servant > retainer or follower > [noun] > low, venal, or unscrupulous ribaldc1330 zany1601 myrmidon1647 henchman1875 1835 Times 3 Apr. 4/4 The moment the Government came into power they allied themselves with the most bitter enemies of those feelings; they placed their henchmen at the head of the state, and they crammed their Privy Council with them. 1875 N. Amer. Rev. 120 127 One day a henchman of his [sc. New York politician William M. Tweed], who had a place on the police force, being arraigned before the Commissioners, besought the great man's intercession to save him from dismissal. 1944 Times 6 Sept. 5/6 There have been many similar mingled threats and exhortations..from Hitler's henchmen since that speech. 2018 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 31 Dec. 9 His henchmen—especially coalition chairman MK David Amsalem—are actually openly inciting the Likud hard core to go out and demonstrate against a decision..to indict Netanyahu. b. Originally U.S. A male subordinate to a criminal or villain, esp. one who obeys his leader unquestioningly and is prepared to engage in violence or crime on his behalf; an accomplice, heavy, or sidekick.Now the usual sense. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > lawlessness > [noun] > crime > a criminal or law-breaker > one who assists > specific kind of henchwoman1836 minder1896 henchman1905 1905 Public Opinion 5 Dec. 753/2 Strangely enough, Paul Kelly has no police record—he always delegates his duties to a henchman. 1939 Monthly Film Bull. Jan. 70/2 The direction is poor, especially the last sequence in which the villain pursued by the hero pursued by the villain's henchmen pursued by the sheriff's posse all swarm up a much-too-small rock. 1990 N.Y. Mag. 11 June 105/2 A gangster shows up with his henchmen and his wife at the vast French restaurant he owns. 2016 Lichfield Mercury (Nexis) 4 Aug. 24 Demented supervillain The Joker..conducts his reign of terror flanked by trusty henchmen. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1377
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