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What (who) is Henchman - definition

STOCK CHARACTER, EXPENDABLE ADHERENTS OF VILLAIN
Henchmen; Henchwoman; Henchwomen

henchman         
n.
Retainer, follower, supporter, servant, attendant.
Henchman         
·noun An attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant term.
henchman         
(henchmen)
If you refer to someone as another person's henchman, you mean that they work for or support the other person, especially by doing unpleasant, violent, or dishonest things on their behalf.
= heavy
N-COUNT: usu poss N [disapproval]

Wikipedia

Henchman

A henchman (vernacular: "hencher"), is a loyal employee, supporter, or aide to some powerful figure engaged in nefarious or criminal enterprises. Henchmen are typically relatively unimportant in the organization: minions whose value lies primarily in their unquestioning loyalty to their leader. The term henchman is often used derisively, or even comically, to refer to individuals of low status who lack any moral compass of their own.

The term henchman originally referred to one who attended a horse for his employer, that is, a horse groom. Hence, like constable and marshal, also originally stable staff, henchman became the title of a subordinate official in a royal court or noble household.

Examples of use of Henchman
1. Nick" –– and the black–clad henchman Schmutzli, his sidekick.
2. One, Abu Qatada, is an alleged henchman of Osama bin Laden.
3. Henchman, tax counsel for the Tax Foundation, a Washington–based educational group.
4. In Superman Returns, he plays the character of Stanford who is a henchman.
5. Today they saw the tyrant and his henchman in the cage.