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Definition of Henchmen
1. henchman [n] - See also: henchman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Henchmen
Literary usage of Henchmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Literary Remains of King Edward the Sixth: Edited from His Autograph by Edward, John Gough Nichols, Roxburghe Club (1857)
"It will here be not improper to notice, that besides " the young lords" who were
The henchmen. brought to the court for the express puri>ose that they might ..."
2. Through the Dark Continent: Or, The Sources of the Nile Around the Great by Henry Morton Stanley (1879)
"... CHAPTER V. Tippu-Tib's henchmen — In the primeval forest, a wilderness of
trees — Primitive furniture — Our sufferings in the palms' forest — Tippu- Tib ..."
3. Wild Sports of the West: With Legendary Tales, and Local Sketches by William Hamilton Maxwell (1843)
"My Cousin's henchmen.—Their description.—Post-bag arrives. —Messenger belated in
the mountains.—The Fairy Glen.—Herd of Red Deer. ..."
4. Ainsworth's Magazine: A Miscellany of Romance, General Literature, & Art by William Harrison Ainsworth, George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne (1842)
"... but a wide space had been kept clear by the henchmen for the passage of the
sovereign and his train, and along this, Henry proceeded with Anne Boleyn, ..."
5. The High Lights of Arkansas History by Dallas Tabor Herndon, Arkansas History Commission (1922)
"... of the Civil War in Arkansas", were manifestly framed by himself and his
henchmen for reasons of his own of a political nature, or from pure malice. ..."
6. Pugilistica: The History of British Boxing Containing Lives of the Most by Henry Downes Miles (1906)
"Ben Terry and Harry Broome were his henchmen. On stripping it was evident that
Freeman had increased in bulk by a stone and a half—18 stone 12 Ibs. being ..."
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