'Wench' definitions:

Definition of 'wench'

(from WordNet)
noun
Informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird]
verb
Frequent prostitutes

Definition of 'Wench'

From: GCIDE
  • Wench \Wench\ (w[e^]nch), 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.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. A young woman; a girl; a maiden. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • Lord and lady, groom and wench. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • That they may send again My most sweet wench, and gifts to boot. --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
  • He was received by the daughter of the house, a pretty, buxom, blue-eyed little wench. --W. Black. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A low, vicious young woman; a drab; a strumpet. [1913 Webster]
  • She shall be called his wench or his leman. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • It is not a digression to talk of bawds in a discourse upon wenches. --Spectator. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A colored woman; a negress. [Archaic, U. S.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Wench'

From: GCIDE
  • Wench \Wench\ (w[e^]nch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wenched (w[e^]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. Wenching.] To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'wench'

From: Moby Thesaurus

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