From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Wench \Wench\ (w[e^]nch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wenched}
(w[e^]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Wenching}.]
To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Wench \Wench\ (w[e^]nch), n. [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}.]
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1. A young woman; a girl; a maiden. --Shak.
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Lord and lady, groom and wench. --Chaucer.
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That they may send again
My most sweet wench, and gifts to boot. --Chapman.
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He was received by the daughter of the house, a
pretty, buxom, blue-eyed little wench. --W. Black.
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2. A low, vicious young woman; a drab; a strumpet.
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She shall be called his wench or his leman.
--Chaucer.
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It is not a digression to talk of bawds in a
discourse upon wenches. --Spectator.
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3. A colored woman; a negress. [Archaic, U. S.]
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
wench
n 1: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: {dame}, {doll},
{wench}, {skirt}, {chick}, {bird}]
v 1: frequent prostitutes
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