A "henchwoman" is a female sidekick or assistant who helps and supports a more powerful or villainous person, like a boss or leader.
Sentences with «henchwoman»
Her quest takes her across the battlefields of World War I, where she faces the villainous General Erich Ludendorff (Danny Huston) and his formidable henchwoman Dr. Maru / Dr. Poison (Elena Anaya). (sassymamainla.com)
Everyone is uncommonly beautiful save the bad guys, but even that's not quite true; Coburn's insanely evil henchwoman Helene is fairly good - looking in a feral, Amazonian sort of way. (bookpage.com)
Characters are introduced with perfunctory fanfare, be they stalwarts such as Captain America (Chris Evans) and T'Challa, a.k.a. Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), or a newcomer like Thanos henchwoman Proxima Midnight (Carrie Coon). (slantmagazine.com)