wench
wench definition
wench (wenc̸h)
noun
- a girl or young woman: now a derogatory or jocular term
- Archaic
- a country girl
- a female servant
- a sexually loose and immoral woman
Etymology: ME wenche, contr. < wenchel, child, boy, girl, young woman < OE wencel, a child, akin to wancol, unsteady (? in reference to an infant's gait): for IE base see winch
intransitive verb
to be sexually promiscuous with a wench ()
Related Forms:
- wencher wench′er noun
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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