Etymology
From Middle English henxman (“page, attendant”), from Old English *hengstmann, *hengestmann (“groom”, literally “horseman”), from hengst, hengest (“stallion, horse, steed, gelding”) (from Proto-Germanic *hangistaz (“stallion”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱanḱest-, *kankest- (“horse”)) + mann (“man”). Cognate with archaic German Hengstmann (“a groom”), Icelandic hestamaður (“horseman, groom”).
Noun
henchman (plural henchmen)
- A loyal and trusted follower or subordinate.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:loyal follower
- A person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests.
- An assistant member of a criminal gang.
- (obsolete) A page to a prince or other person of high rank.
Translations
a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate
- Arabic: ذَنَب m (ḏanab)
- Armenian: please add this translation if you can
- Bulgarian: привърженик (bg) m (privǎrženik), последовател (bg) m (posledovatel)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
- Czech: stoupenec (cs) m
- Danish: håndlanger c
- Dutch: handlanger (nl) m, aanhanger (nl) m, volgeling (nl) m
- Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
- Finnish: aseenkantaja (fi), kätyri (fi), apuri (fi), käskyläinen (fi)
- French: sbire (fr) m, séide (fr) m, acolyte (fr) m, sous-fifre (fr) m
- Georgian: please add this translation if you can
- German: Handlanger (de) m, Handlangerin f, Scherge (de) m
- Greek: μπράβος (el) m (brávos)
- Hebrew: please add this translation if you can
- Hungarian: híve (hu), csatlós (hu), szolga (hu), lakáj (hu)
- Italian: please add this translation if you can
- Japanese: please add this translation if you can
- Korean: please add this translation if you can
- Malay: konco (ms)
- Polish: stronnik (pl) m, poplecznik (pl) m, zausznik (pl) m
- Portuguese: capanga (pt) class noun
- Russian: сторо́нник (ru) m (storónnik), после́дователь (ru) m (poslédovatelʹ), приспе́шник (ru) m (prispéšnik), побо́рник (ru) m (pobórnik), (derogatory) при́хвостень (ru) m (príxvostenʹ)
- Slovak: služobník m, služobníčka f, poskok m
- Spanish: secuaz (es) m
- Thai: please add this translation if you can
- Turkish: yardımcı (tr)
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an assistant member of a criminal gang
- Catalan: esbirro m
- Czech: kumpán (cs) m, nohsled (cs) m
- Dutch: trawant (nl) m, handlanger (nl) m, meeloper (nl)
- Esperanto: sbiro
- Finnish: rikollisjengin jäsen
- French: sbire (fr) m, homme de main (fr), gangster (fr)
- German: Spießgeselle (de) m
- Hungarian: pribék (hu), verőember (hu), fogdmeg (hu), gorilla (hu)
- Italian: bandito (it) m, malandrino (it) m, malavitoso (it) m, malvivente (it) m,
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: medsammensvoren m
- Occitan: esbirro m
- Polish: zbir (pl) m, gangster (pl) m
- Russian: шестёрка (ru) m (šestjórka), ма́льчик на побегу́шках (málʹčik na pobegúškax), поде́льник (ru) m (podélʹnik)
- Slovak: gorila (sk), gangster
- Slovene: please add this translation if you can
- Spanish: esbirro m
- Turkish: uşak (tr), yandaş (tr)
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