wench

wench

peasant girl; female servant; wanton woman: a saucy little wench

Not to be confused with:

winch – a hoisting machine: They used a winch to hoist the wrecked cars onto the crusher.

wrench – a tool with jaws for gripping, turning, or twisting an object: Sometimes I have to use a wrench to open jars.

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wench

 (wĕnch)

n. Archaic

1. A young woman or girl.

2. A woman servant.

3. A promiscuous woman or a prostitute.

intr.v. wenched, wench·ing, wench·es

To consort with promiscuous women. Used of a man.

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[Middle English, short for wenchel, child, from Old English wencel.]

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wench′er n.

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wench

(wɛntʃ)

n

1. a girl or young woman, esp a buxom or lively one: now used facetiously

2. archaic a female servant

3. archaic a prostitute

vb (intr)

archaic to frequent the company of prostitutes

[Old English wencel child, from wancol weak; related to Old High German wanchal, wankōn]

ˈwencher n

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wench

(wɛntʃ)

n.

1. a girl or young woman.

2. Archaic. a strumpet.

v.i.

3. to associate, esp. habitually, with promiscuous women.

[1250–1300; Middle English, shortening of wenchel, Old English wencel child, akin to wancol tottering]

wench′er, n.

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wench

Past participle: wenched
Gerund: wenching

Imperative

wench

wench

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Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wench - informal terms for a (young) woman   dame, doll, chick, bird, skirt fille, girl, miss, missy, young lady, young woman - a young woman; "a young lady of 18"
Verb	1.	wench - frequent prostitutes

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wench

noun

A vulgar promiscuous woman who flouts propriety:

baggage, hussy, jade, slattern, slut, tart, tramp, wanton, whore.

Slang: floozy.

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Translations

salope

prostitutaragazza

wench

[wentʃ] (archaic or liter)

A. N → moza f; (= whore) → puta f

B. VI (also to go wenching) → putañear (archaic), ir de fulanas

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wench

[ˈwɛntʃ] n (old-fashioned) → servante f

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wench

n (old) → Maid f (old); (= serving wench) → Magd f; (hum) → Frauenzimmer nt

vi → sich mit Mädchen herumtreiben

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wench

[wɛntʃ]

1. n (old) (liter) → ragazzotta
a serving wench → una servetta

2. vi (old) → andare a donne

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