wench

UK: /ˈwɛntʃ/ US: /wɛntʃ/ ,(wench)

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wench /wɛntʃ/   n. 

[countable]
1. Sex and Gender a girl or young woman.
2. a female servant.
3. a sexually loose woman.

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wench  (wench), n. 

1. Sex and Gender a country lass or working girl:
   The milkmaid was a healthy wench.
2. Sex and Gender, Slang Terms [Usually facetious.] a girl or young woman.
3. Sex and Gender [Archaic.] a strumpet.

v.i. 

4. Sex and Gender to associate, esp. habitually, with promiscuous women.

• 1250–1300; Middle English, back formation from wenchel, Old English wencel child, akin to wancol tottering, said of a child learning to walk; akin to German wankeln to totter

wench′er, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

wench / wɛntʃ/ noun

1. a girl or young woman, esp a buxom or lively one: now used facetiously
2. a female servant
3. a prostitute

verb (intransitive)

1. to frequent the company of prostitutes

Etymology: Old English wencel child, from wancol weak; related to Old High German wanchal, wankōn

ˈwencher noun