henchboy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
21
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "... There, when in Solemn State he pleas'd to ride, Poor Scepter'd slaves ran Henchboys by his side: [...]"
- "The smiths exhibited a mounted horseman with head-piece and axe; the carpenters, a group of boys, bearing wands surmounted with bunches of flowers, like that borne by the lord mayor of London's henchboy, in Charles I's time, as shewn in the frontispiece to the first part of my "Lord Mayors' Pageants;" …"
- "So seeing him looking all quiet and bookish, Power goes up to him accompanied by a few henchboys and says: `'Can you handle yourself, Dwyer? Are you any good at boxing?'"
- "“[...] 'Yeah, you fix it up for us, Elsa,” said one of his henchboys."
- "Suitably stimulated, Superfag turns on his platforms and dances off through the empty hallways, his henchboys behind."
- "He growled at two of his mick henchboys, who pinned poor Austin's face to the wall."
Etymology
Usage
Inflected Forms
henchboys (plural)
hinchboy (alternative)