wench

Use wench in a sentence

noun

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.

An example of a wench is a prostitute.

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"wench." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 July 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/wench>.

APA Style

wench. (n.d.). Retrieved July 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/wench

wench

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

Origin of wench

Middle English wenche, contr. from wenchel, child, boy, girl, young woman from Old English wencel, a child, akin to wancol, unsteady (? in reference to an infant's gait): for Indo-European base see winch

to be sexually promiscuous with loose women

Link/Cite

Link to this page

Cite this page

MLA Style

"wench." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 14 July 2019. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/wench>.

APA Style

wench. (n.d.). Retrieved July 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/wench

wench

noun

Archaic

A young woman or girl.
A woman servant.
A promiscuous woman or a prostitute.

intransitive verb

wenched, wench·ing, wench·es

To consort with promiscuous women. Used of a man.

Origin of wench

Middle English short for wenchel child from Old English wencel

Related Forms:

wench′er
noun

THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.