GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Wench , 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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   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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   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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   A colored woman; a negress.  [Archaic, U. S.]
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   Wench , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wenched ; p. pr. & vb. n. Wenching.] To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame.
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