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Webster 1913 Edition


Wench

Wench

(wĕnch)
,
Noun.
[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
.]
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.
[Archaic, U. S.]

Wench

(wĕnch)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Wenched
(wĕncht)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Wenching
.]
To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame.

Webster 1828 Edition


Wench

WENCH

,
Noun.
1.
A young woman. [Little used.]
2.
A young woman of ill fame.
3.
In America, a black or colored female servant; a negress.

WENCH

,
Verb.
I.
To frequent the company of women of ill fame.

Definition 2024


wench

wench

English

Noun

wench (plural wenches)

  1. (archaic) A young woman, especially a servant.
    • W. Black
      He was received by the daughter of the house, a pretty, buxom, blue-eyed little wench.
  2. (archaic) A promiscuous woman.
    • Spectator
      It is not a digression to talk of bawds in a discourse upon wenches.
  3. (US, dated) A black woman; a negress.

Translations

Verb

wench (third-person singular simple present wenches, present participle wenching, simple past and past participle wenched)

  1. (intransitive) To frequent prostitutes; to womanize.

Translations

Adjective

wench (comparative wencher, superlative wenchest)

  1. (slang) attractive, good-looking