WikiWord

English

hench

/hɛntʃ/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The narrow side of chimney stack, a haunch.
  2. The side of an arch from the topmost part (crown) to the bottommost part (impost).
  3. To be a henchman or henchwoman, usually for a supervillain.
  4. Big, strong, and muscular.

Etymology / origin

No prose etymology has been added yet.

No ancestor words have been linked yet.

Related words

Descendant words

No descendant words have been linked yet.

Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
hench — meaning and etymology | WikiWord