Hench"man (-man), n.; pl.
-men (#). [OE. hencheman, henxman;
prob. fr. OE. & AS. hengest horse + E. man, and
meaning, a groom. AS. hengest is akin to D. & G. hengst
stallion, OHG. hengist horse, gelding.] An attendant; a
servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant
term.