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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. informal terms for a (young) woman;
[syn: dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird]


VERB (1)

1. frequent prostitutes;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.] [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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

wench n 1: informal terms for a (young) woman [syn: dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird] v 1: frequent prostitutes