Henchman /(hĕnch"man)/

Hench·man

Henchman

n.

pl. -men ((-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.

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