Henchman

//ˈhɛnt͡ʃ.mən//

Synonyms for "henchman" (96 found)

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etymologically related_to

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related to

11 entries

Translations

88 translations across 22 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • ذَنَب noun (a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • мутра noun (an assistant member of a criminal gang)
  • последовател noun (a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate)
  • привърженик noun (a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate)

Catalan

1 entries
  • esbirro noun (an assistant member of a criminal gang)

Czech

3 entries
  • kumpán noun (an assistant member of a criminal gang)
  • nohsled noun (an assistant member of a criminal gang)
  • stoupenec noun (a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate)

Danish

1 entries
  • håndlanger noun (a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate)

Dutch

4 entries
  • aanhanger noun (a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate)
  • aanhanger noun (a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests)
  • handlanger noun (a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate)
  • handlanger noun (an assistant member of a criminal gang)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • sbiro noun (an assistant member of a criminal gang)

Finnish

4 entries
  • apuri noun (a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate)
  • aseenkantaja noun (a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate)
  • aseenkantaja noun (a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests)
  • käskyläinen noun (a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate)

French

4 entries
  • acolyte noun (a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate)
  • gangster noun (an assistant member of a criminal gang)
  • homme de main noun (an assistant member of a criminal gang)
  • sbire noun (a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate)

German

4 entries
  • Anhänger noun (a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests)
  • Anhängerin noun (a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests)
  • Gefolgsmann noun (a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests)
  • Handlanger noun (a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate)

Greek

1 entries
  • μπράβος noun (a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • bérenc noun (a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests)
  • csatlós noun (a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate)
  • fogdmeg noun (an assistant member of a criminal gang)
  • gorilla noun (an assistant member of a criminal gang)

Italian

4 entries
  • bandito noun (an assistant member of a criminal gang)
  • malandrino noun (an assistant member of a criminal gang)
  • malavitoso noun (an assistant member of a criminal gang)
  • malvivente noun (an assistant member of a criminal gang)

Malay

1 entries
  • konco noun (a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • medsammensvoren noun (an assistant member of a criminal gang)

Occitan

1 entries
  • esbirro noun (an assistant member of a criminal gang)

Polish

4 entries
  • gangster noun (an assistant member of a criminal gang)
  • poplecznik noun (a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate)
  • poplecznik noun (a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests)
  • stronnik noun (a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • capanga class noun noun (a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate)

Russian

4 entries
  • ма́льчик на побегу́шках noun (an assistant member of a criminal gang)
  • побо́рник noun (a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate)
  • поде́льник noun (an assistant member of a criminal gang)
  • подпева́ла noun (a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests)

Slovak

4 entries
  • gangster noun (an assistant member of a criminal gang)
  • gorila noun (an assistant member of a criminal gang)
  • poskok noun (a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate)
  • pravá ruka noun (a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests)

Spanish

2 entries
  • esbirro noun (a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate)
  • esbirro noun (an assistant member of a criminal gang)

Turkish

4 entries
  • uşak noun (an assistant member of a criminal gang)
  • yandaş noun (an assistant member of a criminal gang)
  • yardımcı noun (a loyal and trusted follower or subordinate)
  • çıkarcı yardımcı noun (a person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

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Pence is just Trump's henchman.

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Her henchman isn't the brightest.

Source: tatoeba (11535958)

William was Sandra's henchman.

Source: tatoeba (11602740)

The glib sophistries of the special pleader and the verdant gullibility of the public; the ridiculous, now happily fast disappearing partisan bias of the voter and the venal instincts of the political henchman; the lack of proper moral stamina in much of our public press, and the tardiness of practical public appreciation where journals are true to the people's interests the fear of the vengeance;

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