wench

  • 11wench — wencher, n. /wench/, n. 1. a country lass or working girl: The milkmaid was a healthy wench. 2. Usually facetious. a girl or young woman. 3. Archaic. a strumpet. v.i. 4. to associate, esp. habitually, with promiscuous women. [1250 1300; ME, back… …

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  • 12wench — [[t]we̱ntʃ[/t]] wenches N COUNT A wench was a girl or young woman who worked as a servant or served people food or drink. [OLD FASHIONED] ...a serving wench called Petunia …

    English dictionary

  • 13wench — UK [wentʃ] / US noun [countable] Word forms wench : singular wench plural wenches 1) a) an old word for a young woman , often a servant b) an old word for a woman who is a prostitute (= someone who has sex for money) 2) an offensive or humorous… …

    English dictionary

  • 14wench — Used for centuries to describe pretty young girls. Recently perverted by the feminazis. It does *not* mean a prostitute, as they would have you believe. Used when mildly irritated by a woman you like. Stop tickling me, wench! …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 15wench — Used for centuries to describe pretty young girls. Recently perverted by the feminazis. It does *not* mean a prostitute, as they would have you believe. Used when mildly irritated by a woman you like. Stop tickling me, wench! …

    Dictionary of american slang

  • 16wench — adj American obnoxious, condescending. Used par ticularly of and by women, the term is based on a specifically American colloquial sense of wench as a forward, shameless or troublesome female. (In archaic dialect usage in Britain, the word,… …

    Contemporary slang

  • 17wench — [[t]wɛntʃ[/t]] n. 1) sex a girl or young woman 2) sex archaic a strumpet 3) sex to associate, esp. habitually, with promiscuous women • Etymology: 1250–1300; ME, shortening of wenchel, OE wencel child, akin to wancol tottering wench′er, n …

    From formal English to slang

  • 18wench — /wɛntʃ / (say wench) noun 1. a young woman. 2. a rustic or working woman. 3. Archaic a prostitute or promiscuous woman. –verb (i) 4. to consort with promiscuous women or prostitutes. {Middle English, variant of wenchel, Old English wencel child.… …

  • 19wench — I. noun Etymology: Middle English wenche, short for wenchel child, from Old English wencel; akin to Old High German wankōn to totter, waver and probably to Old High German winchan to stagger more at wink Date: 14th century 1. a. a young woman ;… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 20wench — 1. noun a) a young woman, especially a servant b) a promiscuous woman 2. verb To frequent prostitutes, to womanize …

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