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n. - Someone who assists in a plot.

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Usage examples (32)
  • 'And if the henchman is my hero, I am but a waiting-woman.
  • After Eli wipes out a number of his henchman is his bar (he did ask them to leave him alone),
  • "Hence, Haco; rouse the household; summon hither the handmaids; call henchman and ceorl to guard this foul raven."
  • Aaron called his henchman into the middle of the street and spoke vigorous words that all the Honeycutts could hear.
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