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wench
[ wench ]
noun
- a country lass or working girl:
The milkmaid was a healthy wench.
- Usually Facetious. a girl or young woman.
- Archaic. a strumpet.
verb (used without object)
- to associate, especially habitually, with promiscuous women.
wench
/ wɛntʃ /
noun
- a girl or young woman, esp a buxom or lively one: now used facetiously
- archaic.a female servant
- archaic.a prostitute
verb
- archaic.to frequent the company of prostitutes
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Derived Forms
- ˈwencher, noun
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Other Words From
- wencher noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wench1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wench1
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Example Sentences
She could have auditioned to be the tavern wench or a faerie; instead, she signed on as a merchant, knitting chain-mail bikinis.
The sub-text: “The picture editor wants to see me dressed up like a buxom serving wench.”
She was fair as a lily, with bright golden hair, and bore no resemblance to this dark-eyed, black-browed wench.
I hate the wench, wi' her cunning black eyes lookin a body through.
I am no peasant wench to be charmed either by your gay coat or your gay manner.
They all died in time, and everybody knows that Melusina became a kitchen wench in Hell.
He caught my child up like a common street wench, a thing of sale and barter.
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