henchman (n.)
- adherent
- appendage
- associate
- attendant
- bodyguard
- buddy
- buff
- cohort
- confidant
- courtier
- creature
- crony
- dependent
- disciple
- dummy
- fan
- figurehead
- flunky
- follower
- following
- gangster
- gillie
- goon
- hanger-on
- heavy
- heeler
- hooligan
- jackal
- lackey
- man
- minion
- myrmidon
- parasite
- partisan
- public
- puppet
- pursuer
- retainer
- satellite
- sectary
- servant
- shadow
- sidekick
- stooge
- successor
- supporter
- sycophant
- tail
- thug
- torpedo
- trainbearer
- votary