D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Henchman

/(hĕnch"man)/ · Hench·man · IPA /ˈhɛnt͡ʃ.mən/
01 n. An attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant term.
pl. -men ((-men))
  1. 1.
    An attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant term.