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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 plotplay

  Familiarity information: HENCHMAN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HENCHMAN (noun)


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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