'henchman' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It is typically used to refer to a subordinate who acts as an assistant to someone in a position of power. For example, "The mob leader's henchman carried out his orders without question."
Instead of a party henchman we now have a pragmatist in charge of the delicate relationship between central and local government, a relationship that will dictate how the crisis is solved.
The story is over, I won't see the scarred wraith of Celebrimbor again, I won't have to face Sauron's murderous henchman, Black Hand, or his talons.
The actor John Challis, Boycie in Only Fools and Horses, a friend who acted with Fortune in a 1980s teleivision series, said: "I played henchman to his chief villain in Cat's Eyes and we laughed a lot.
In mythology at least, he also typifies an old-school sort of gangster: working class, with a code of honour (at his trial, Mr Bulger strongly contested that he was ever responsible for killing women) and a series of nicknamed henchman.
Stalin's most devoted henchman in the blood-drenched years of the Great Terror, Molotov signed a record 373 death warrants for senior officials, including his close colleagues.
Mr Balls is better liked than in his years as Mr Brown's henchman, but he has retained his sharp elbows and a reputation for plotting.Compounding all this is the rumour that Mr Balls does not think much of Mr Miliband.
A henchman accidentally shot in the stomach gets a boozy month in the resort of Mazatlán as compensation.Mr Bowden's writing, which reads like fiction though it describes fact, will enchant some and drive others up the wall.
In March, he accompanied Gamal Mubarak on a trip to America.Fresh-faced Mr NazifMr Nazif has created a dynamic-looking economic team by naming Yousef Boutros-Ghali, another competent youngster, as finance minister, and Mahmoud Mohieddin, a 39-year-old economist and henchman of Gamal Mubarak, to a new portfolio overseeing capital markets, privatisation and investment promotion.
Mr Hussein has sent a senior henchman, Ezzat Ibrahim, to warn neighbouring Syria and Jordan not to give in to America, and has hinted that Iraq might normalise ties with Kuwait.
None has any ideology; they will simply haggle for ministerial posts and local pork.Bhumjaithai, a vehicle for Newin Chidchob, a banned politician and former Thaksin henchman, could come third, perhaps with 40 or so seats.
She's also involved in a murder, but neither she nor George gives it much thought afterwards: he seems less interested in his empire-building chicanery than in his hunting expeditions with a black-hatted henchman (Rhys Ifans).
