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The definition of a wench is an offensive term used to refer to a young girl or a woman or to refer to a prostitute.

(noun)

An example of a wench is a prostitute.

See wench in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a girl or young woman: now a derogatory or jocular term
Archaic
1. a country girl
2. a female servant
3. a sexually loose and immoral woman

Origin: 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 noun

See wench in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A young woman or girl, especially a peasant girl.
A woman servant.
A wanton woman.

intransitive verb wenched, wench·ing, wench·es

To consort or engage in sex with wanton women. Used of a man.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , short for wenchel, child

Origin: , from Old English wencel

Related Forms:

wenchˈer noun

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