henchman
noun /ˈhentʃmən/
/ˈhentʃmən/
(plural henchmen
(usually disapproving) /ˈhentʃmən/
/ˈhentʃmən/
)- a helper or supporter of a powerful person, for example a political leader or criminal, who is prepared to use violence or become involved in illegal activities to help that person
（政治领袖人物或罪犯等的）忠实支持者，亲信，心腹，追随者 - his ruthless henchmen
他无情的党羽 - He sent one of his henchmen with orders to seize the pictures.
他派了一个心腹执行命令，去抢照片。 - Then he became aware of Carter’s two henchmen on either side of him.
然后他意识到卡特的两个亲信在他的两边。
词源Middle English, from Old English hengest ‘male horse’ + man, the original sense being probably ‘groom’. In the mid 19th cent. the sense ‘principal attendant of a Highland chief’ was popularized by Sir Walter Scott, and from here comes the current (originally US) usage. - his ruthless henchmen