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håndlanger, handlanger

noun masculinesubstantiv hankjønn

EtymologyOpphav

etter tysk Handlanger; jamfør lange (II)to stride · to pass, to hand along · to deal (in drink or drugs) after German Handlanger; compare lange (II)to stride · to pass, to hand along · to deal (in drink or drugs)

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. person som hjelper en håndverker med arbeidet a person who helps a craftsman with the work
  2. (underordnet) person som blindt adlyder og utfører alt han eller hun blir bedt om;
    redskap (3)a tool;
    lakei (2)a lackey     a (subordinate) person who blindly obeys and carries out everything he or she is told to do;
    a toolredskap (3);
    a lackeylakei (2)
    • juntaens håndlangere the junta's henchmen