'Wench' definitions:
Definition of 'wench'
From: WordNet
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
Synonyms of 'wench'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abigail,
- amah,
- au pair girl,
- ayah,
- babe,
- baby,
- bad woman,
- baggage,
- betweenmaid,
- biddy,
- bird,
- bitch,
- broad,
- chambermaid,
- chaperon,
- chick,
- chippy,
- clitoromaniac,
- cocotte,
- colleen,
- companion,
- cook,
- cutie,
- dame,
- damoiselle,
- damsel,
- demoiselle,
- doll,
- drab,
- duenna,
- easy lay,
- easy woman,
- femme de chambre,
- fille de chambre,
- filly,
- floozy,
- frail,
- frail sister,
- gal,
- gentlewoman,
- girl,
- girlie,
- grisette,
- handmaid,
- handmaiden,
- harridan,
- heifer,
- hen,
- hired girl,
- housemaid,
- hoyden,
- hussy,
- hysteromaniac,
- jade,
- Jane,
- jeune fille,
- Jezebel,
- jezebel,
- jill,
- junior miss,
- kitchenmaid,
- lady-help,
- lady-in-waiting,
- lass,
- lassie,
- little missy,
- live-in maid,
- live-out maid,
- loose woman,
- mademoiselle,
- maid,
- maiden,
- maidservant,
- minx,
- miss,
- missy,
- nursemaid,
- nymphet,
- nympho,
- nymphomaniac,
- parlormaid,
- pickup,
- piece,
- quail,
- quean,
- romp,
- schoolgirl,
- schoolmaid,
- schoolmiss,
- scullery maid,
- servant girl,
- servitress,
- skirt,
- slattern,
- slip,
- slut,
- soubrette,
- strumpet,
- subdeb,
- subdebutante,
- subteen,
- subteener,
- tart,
- teenybopper,
- tomato,
- tomboy,
- tramp,
- trollop,
- trull,
- tweeny,
- upstairs maid,
- uteromaniac,
- virgin,
- waiting maid,
- wanton,
- whore,
- young creature,
- young thing