The meaning of WENCH is a young woman or girl. How to use wench in a sentence.
wench, n. meanings, etymology, pronunciation and more in the Oxford English Dictionary
Get a quick, free translation! WENCH meaning: 1. a young woman 2. a young woman. Learn more.
Definition of wench noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
There are six meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun wench. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
WENCH meaning: 1. a young woman 2. a young woman. Learn more.
wench (third-person singular simple present wenches, present participle wenching, simple past and past participle wenched) (intransitive, archaic, now humorous) To frequent prostitutes; to whore; also, to womanize.
A wench was a girl or young woman in the past who worked as a servant or served people food or drink. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
Define wench. wench synonyms, wench pronunciation, wench translation, English dictionary definition of 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...
Perhaps it is an alteration of waggle, or of wankle (now dialectal) "unsteady, fickle," from Old English wancol (see wench (n.)). Brought into wider use by soldiers in World War I.
Wench comes from Middle English, and was a common word for girl, child, or servant. Over time it came to mean mainly serving girls, as in a bar wench, who serves drinks at a tavern.