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Henchman

Defined in 3 dictionaries — Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A footman; one who holds himself at the bidding of another. It has come to mean here a political follower; used in a rather bad sense.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A page; an attendant; a herald. See Barnes v. State, 88 Md. 347, 41 Atl. 781.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

A page; an attendant; a herald.