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wench |
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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