noun. A loyal and trusted follower or subordinate.

noun. A person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests.

noun. A member of a criminal gang.

noun. A page to a prince or other person of high rank.

noun. A groom; a footman; a male attendant; a follower.

noun. Hence A mercenary adherent; a venal follower; one who holds himself at the bidding of another.

noun. An attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant term.

noun. A loyal and trusted follower or subordinate.

noun. A person who supports a political figure chiefly out of selfish interests.

noun. A member of a criminal gang.

noun. A page to a prince or other person of high rank.

noun. someone who assists in a plot

"By the time he gets around to killing her, however, Ferguson has sent his own man -- so Victor kills him just as the henchman is about to shoot Rose, then hires himself out to Rose as a bodyguard."

accessary  accessory  

henchmen  

adherent  charioteer  confidant  conservators  esquire  

adherent  appendage  associate  attendant  attendant