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- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wench \wench\ we^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.
1913 webster
1. a young woman; a girl; a maiden. --shak.
1913 webster
lord and lady, groom and wench. --chaucer.
1913 webster
that they may send again
my most sweet wench, and gifts to boot. --chapman.
1913 webster
he was received by the daughter of the house, a
pretty, buxom, blue-eyed little wench. --w. black.
1913 webster
2. a low, vicious young woman; a drab; a strumpet.
1913 webster
she shall be called his wench or his leman.
--chaucer.
1913 webster
it is not a digression to talk of bawds in a
discourse upon wenches. --spectator.
1913 webster
3. a colored woman; a negress. archaic, u. s.
1913 webster
see also:
wink
- [2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
wench \wench\ we^nch, v. i. imp. p. p. wenched
we^ncht; p. pr. vb. n. wenching.
to frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame.
1913 webster
see also:
wenched wenching
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
wench
n : informal terms for a young woman syn: dame, doll, skirt,
chick, bird
v : frequent prostitutes
see also:
dame doll skirt chick bird
- [4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
118 moby thesaurus words for "wench":
jane, jezebel, abigail, amah, au pair girl, ayah, babe, baby,
bad woman, baggage, betweenmaid, biddy, bird, bitch, broad,
chambermaid, chaperon, chick, chippy, clitoromaniac, cocotte,
colleen, companion, cook, cutie, dame, damoiselle, damsel,
demoiselle, doll, drab, duenna, easy lay, easy woman,
femme de chambre, fille de chambre, filly, floozy, frail,
frail sister, gal, gentlewoman, girl, girlie, grisette, handmaid,
handmaiden, harridan, heifer, hen, hired girl, housemaid, hoyden,
hussy, hysteromaniac, jade, jeune fille, jezebel, jill,
junior miss, kitchenmaid, lady-help, lady-in-waiting, lass, lassie,
little missy, live-in maid, live-out maid, loose woman,
mademoiselle, maid, maiden, maidservant, minx, miss, missy,
nursemaid, nymphet, nympho, nymphomaniac, parlormaid, pickup,
piece, quail, quean, romp, schoolgirl, schoolmaid, schoolmiss,
scullery maid, servant girl, servitress, skirt, slattern, slip,
slut, soubrette, strumpet, subdeb, subdebutante, subteen,
subteener, tart, teenybopper, tomato, tomboy, tramp, trollop,
trull, tweeny, upstairs maid, uteromaniac, virgin, waiting maid,
wanton, whore, young creature, young thing
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