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What does henchman mean?

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Noun
  1. A loyal and trusted follower or subordinate.
  2. A person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests.
  3. An assistant member of a criminal gang.
  4. (obsolete) A page to a prince or other person of high rank.
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Because with the aid of his henchman, the sheriff of Nottingham, he taxed his people to death.
They had one foot in the past when lawlessness featured independent gunmen and their henchman preying on society at their own will without regard to other outlaws.
In greedy desperation, Oberon plans to distract Titania by having his impish henchman Puck slip her a mickey, causing her to fall in love with something repulsive.
A hitman who asks no questions and creates no trouble, Michael Sullivan is a loyal henchman to ageing Irish mobster John Rooney.
Who cares if his character is nothing more than a lunkheaded henchman?
He doesn't know that the bar owner has paid off the cops, and the bartender is a henchman who hustled votes for the judge.

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