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henches

henches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hench.

Meaning of hench

Verb (1)

hench (third-person singular simple present henches, present participle henching, simple past and past participle henched)

  1. (Scotland) To halt or limp.

Verb (2)

hench (third-person singular simple present henches, present participle henching, simple past and past participle henched)

  1. To be a henchman or henchwoman, usually for a supervillain.
    • Candace Flynn (Ashley Tisdale): I told you! You're my henchman. Hench or something. / Stacy Hirano (Kelly Hu): Oh, no. You did not just tell me to hench.2010 May 3, Jon Colton Barry, Piero Piluso, “The Beak”, in Phineas and Ferb, season 2, episode 27

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Proper noun capitalized: Henches

Henches

  1. (plural) plural of Hench

Questions about henches

What is henches the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Henches is the third-person singular simple present indicative of hench.
What part of speech is henches?
Henches is a proper noun.

Words near henches in the dictionary

  1. hench-wenches
  2. henchboy
  3. henchboys
  4. henched
  5. hencher
  6. henches
  7. henchest
  8. henchfolk
  9. henchfolks
  10. henching
  11. henchman

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Adapted from Wiktionary: henches (page history and authors); Henches (page history and authors); hench (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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