Chief
Chief noun - The main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts.
Nearby Word: chiefly
Henchman
Henchman noun - Someone who assists in a plot.
How words are described
| female | female chief | female henchman |
| dead | dead chief | dead henchman |
| muscular | muscular chief | muscular henchman |
| incompetent | incompetent chief | incompetent henchman |
| Other adjectives: little, bad, villainous, main, new, former, mysterious, last, competent, several, terrorist. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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Villain Ball: Brown and his chief henchman fighting over the Yankee Zephyr as it sinks instead of swimming for safety.
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The chief problem with leaving it on "hurts friendlies" is that if you have a melee-based henchman, they will run into the area of your fireball (or other favoured "kill lots of things" spell), receive a mild injury, and come running back over to beat you up with their weapon.
Source: Friendly Fireproof -
Badass Longcoat: A villainous example with Dante Moro, Marco — and later Silvio — Barbarigo's chief henchman.
Source: Video Game / Assassin's Creed II
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