Wench /(wĕnch)/

1. A young woman; a girl; a maiden.

   Lord and lady, groom and wench.

   That they may send again My most sweet wench, and gifts to boot.

   He was received by the daughter of the house, a pretty, buxom, blue-eyed little wench.

2. A low, vicious young woman; a drab; a strumpet.

   She shall be called his wench or his leman.

   It is not a digression to talk of bawds in a discourse upon wenches.

3. A colored woman; a negress. [Archaic, U. S.]

imp. & p. p. Wenched; p. pr. & vb. n. Wenching

1. To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame.