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  • noun Plural form of henchperson.

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Examples

  • So the baddie is the big boss, with twin henchpeople lurking in the shadows.

    Notes and queries: Why didn't the Vikings learn to fly? The bad guy's bureaucratic henchmen; the difference between fur and hair 2011

  • Your evil henchpeople must, must spread the word about this blog to everyone they know!

    A Teaching Moment 2010

  • Mandelson's bank-swelling memoir, The Third Man, seems to have as its cutting edge another assault on Brown, which is – at least as advertised so far – entirely familiar: the rage against Tony Blair, the contemptuous henchpeople tripping up Peter behind the scenes; the moments of self-realisation and sadness too.

    Labour must now stop this self-flagellation and regroup 2010

  • Somewhere in the last 20 years or so - and I recall aspects of nannyism creeping into Major's government - the British acquiesced to the concept of moral micro-management by governments national and local and their quasi-autonomous henchpeople.

    Giving evidence to the Chilcot inquiry, Tony Blair said: “I... 2010

  • If Merida and her henchpeople had reason to believe that her action would result in a changed outcome on key votes – most notably the Lake Middle School controversy – then they could make a plausible argument that politics is a rough business and sometimes collateral damage occurs.

    Alan Gottlieb: Politics Trumps Decency 2009

  • Sometimes I think that's more of an issue for many people, mostly women, than how to deal with aggressive feelings constructively and how not to be complice to the abuse at the hands of the henchpeople of Bush or some other idiot.

    standard operating procedure 2009

  • Citizens who are not scared of the Bush henchpeople and those who are can do a lot by demanding that the crimes be prosecuted.

    greenwald on obama and the torture memos 2009

  • Mugabe started as a reformer, but blames former British rule for his own greed and those of his henchpeople.

    Reactions: Opposition’s Withdrawal in Zimbabwe - The Lede Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • Yesterday's Liverpool Daily Post gives the run down on yet another scandal in which he and/or his henchpeople smeared his main rival with a dossier which Bradley ADMITS he obtained from the Chief Executive just recently but whose onward distribution - posted out on the Saturday before a crucial meeting on the Monday - he dubbed: "crass, to say the least".

    Lib Dem Leadership: Another NW Leader Clings On 2008

  • Yesterday's Liverpool Daily Post gives the run down on yet another scandal in which he and/or his henchpeople smeared his main rival with a dossier which Bradley ADMITS he obtained from the Chief Executive just recently but whose onward distribution - posted out on the Saturday before a crucial meeting on the Monday - he dubbed: "crass, to say the least".

    Archive 2008-05-18 2008

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