henchman
名词 n.
英文释义
名词 n.
- A loyal and trusted follower or subordinate.
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A person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests.
— 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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An assistant member of a criminal gang.
— Johnny Genaro, chief of staff to Al Capone, was “put on the spot” in a crowded street in Chicago on Saturday night.
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A page to a prince or other person of high rank.
— Henchmen had placed, as was their habit, each warrior's gear and trappings above his pile of skins.
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Proto-Germanic *hangistaz
Proto-West Germanic *hangist
Old English henġest
Proto-Indo-European *mon-
Proto-Germanic *mann-
Proto-West Germanic *mann
Old English mann
Old English *henġestmann
Middle English henxman
English henchman
Inherited from Middle English henxman (“page, attendant”), from Old English *henġestmann, *hengstmann (“groom”, literally “horseman”), from henġest (“stallion, horse, steed, gelding”) + mann (“man”). Akin to archaic German Hengstmann (“groom”) and Icelandic hestamaður (“horseman, groom”).
Proto-Germanic *hangistaz
Proto-West Germanic *hangist
Old English henġest
Proto-Indo-European *mon-
Proto-Germanic *mann-
Proto-West Germanic *mann
Old English mann
Old English *henġestmann
Middle English henxman
English henchman
Inherited from Middle English henxman (“page, attendant”), from Old English *henġestmann, *hengstmann (“groom”, literally “horseman”), from henġest (“stallion, horse, steed, gelding”) + mann (“man”). Akin to archaic German Hengstmann (“groom”) and Icelandic hestamaður (“horseman, groom”).
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