henchwenchとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

henchwench (複数形 henchwenches)

1. (usually humorous) A female henchman; a henchwoman.
   • 1939, James Joyce, Finnegans Wake:

     And that henchwench what hopped it dunneth there duft the.

   • July 22, 2007, "Cast Shadows", a sweet kiss of Poison

     The concept of she being an ecoterrorist who may or may not long for Harley Quinn, the Joker's henchwench, is pure animated bliss.

   • July 11, 2007, "Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: Dickens, and the Old Curiousity Shop", The Paper Chase

     Instead, our interesting characters are the horrid little villain, Quilp, his henchwench Sally Brass (a nasty, lying, grasping woman), Dick Swiveller, and a servant character Swiveller calls “the Marchioness.”