wench Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun informal terms for a (young) woman
    doll; chick; skirt; bird; dame.
  2. verb frequent prostitutes

WordNet

Wench noun
Etymology
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.
Definitions
  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.
Wench intransitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Wenched ; present participle & verbal noun Wenching
Definitions
  1. To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame.

Webster 1913