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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Wench

/(wĕnch)/ · IPA /wɛnt͡ʃ/
01 n. A young woman; a girl; a maiden.
  1. 1.
    A young woman; a girl; a maiden.
    “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. 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. 3.
    A colored woman; a negress.[Archaic, U. S.]
02 v. i. To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame.
imp. & p. p. Wenched; p. pr. & vb. n. Wenching
  1. 1.
    To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame.