162.Daily Vocabulary – Henchman

A trusted follower or supporter who performs unpleasant, wrong, or illegal tasks for a powerful person (such as a politician or criminal)

Henchman

Ex: The leader of the gang went everywhere accompanied by hishenchmen.

Ex: The dictator’s henchman

Ex: Get me that man, Eve told his henchmen, no excuses, no maybes.

Ex: Listen to me, Eve, you dog, and let your henchmen hear me too!

Ex: Police issued 22 arrest warrants for both mafia chiefs and henchmen, Reuter’s reports.

Ex: He sent one of his henchmen with orders to seize the lands

 

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