3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wench  \Wench\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Wenched};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Wenching}.] 
  To  frequent  the  company  of  wenches,  or  women  of  ill  fame. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Wench  \Wench\,  n.  [OE.  wenche,  for  older  wenchel  a  child, 
  originally,  weak,  tottering;  cf  AS  wencle  a  maid,  a 
  daughter,  wencel  a  pupil,  orphan,  wincel,  winclu  children, 
  offspring,  wencel  weak,  wancol  unstable,  OHG.  wanchol 
  perhaps  akin  to  E.  wink.  See  {Wink}.] 
  1.  A  young  woman;  a  girl;  a  maiden.  --Shak. 
 
  Lord  and  lady,  groom  and  wench.  --Chaucer. 
 
  That  they  may  send  again  My  most  sweet  wench,  and 
  gifts  to  boot.  --Chapman. 
 
  He  was  received  by  the  daughter  of  the  house,  a 
  pretty,  buxom,  blue-eyed  little  wench.  --W.  Black. 
 
  2.  A  low  vicious  young  woman;  a  drab;  a  strumpet. 
 
  She  shall  be  called  his  wench  or  his  leman. 
  --Chaucer. 
 
  It  is  not  a  digression  to  talk  of  bawds  in  a 
  discourse  upon  wenches.  --Spectator. 
 
  3.  A  colored  woman;  a  negress.  [U.  S.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  wench 
  n  :  informal  terms  for  a  (young)  woman  [syn:  {dame},  {doll},  {skirt}, 
  {chick},  {bird}] 
  v  :  frequent  prostitutes 

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