wenchn.

Brit.

/wɛn(t)ʃ/, U.S.

/wɛn(t)ʃ/

Forms: Middle English–1600s wenche, (Middle English weynche, Middle English wenge, 1500s wensche, whence), Middle English– wench; Scottish1500s winsch, wynch, vinche, 1700s–1800s winch.

Etymology: Middle English wenche , shortened form of early Middle English wenchel: see wenchel n.

a. A girl, maid, young woman; a female child. Now dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [noun]

daughterOE

maidenOE

young womanOE

mayc1175

burdc1225

maidc1275

wenchc1290

file1303

virginc1330

girla1375

damselc1380

young ladya1393

jilla1425

juvenclec1430

young person1438

domicellea1464

quean1488

trull1525

pulleta1533

Tib1533

kittyc1560

dell1567

gillian1573

nymph1584

winklota1586

frotion1587

yuffrouw1589

pigeon1592

tit1599

nannicock1600

muggle1608

gixy1611

infanta1611

dilla1627

tittiea1628

whimsy1631

ladykin1632

stammel1639

moggie1648

zitellaa1660

baggagea1668

miss1668

baby1684

burdie1718

demoiselle1720

queanie?1800

intombi1809

muchacha1811

jilt1816

titter1819

ragazza1827

gouge1828

craft1829

meisie1838

sheila1839

sixteenc1840

chica1843

femme1846

muffin1854

gel1857

quail1859

kitten1870

bud1880

fräulein1883

sub-debutante1887

sweet-and-twenty1887

flapper1888

jelly1889

queen1894

chick1899

pusher1902

bit of fluff1903

chicklet1905

twist and twirl1905

twist1906

head1913

sub-deb1916

tabby1916

mouse1917

tittie1918

chickie1919

wren1920

bim1922

nifty1923

quiff1923

wimp1923

bride1924

job1927

junior miss1927

hag1932

tab1932

sort1933

palone1934

brush1941

knitting1943

teenybopper1966

weeny-bopper1972

Valley Girl1982

the world > people > person > child > girl > [noun]

maiden-childeOE

maidenOE

maidc1275

maid-childc1275

wenchc1290

thernec1300

lassc1325

maidenkinc1330

child-womana1382

girlc1400

pucelle1439

maidkin1440

mawther1440

mop1466

woman-child?1515

bonnea1529

urchina1535

kinchin-mort1567

dandiprat1582

prill1587

sluta1592

little girl1603

maggie1603

tendril1603

squall1607

childa1616

filly1616

vriester1652

miss1668

gilpie1720

lassie1725

laddess1768

jeune fillea1777

bitch1785

girly?1786

gal1795

ladyling1807

missikin1815

colleen1828

girleen1833

snowdrop1833

pinafore1836

chica1843

fillette1847

charity-girl1848

urchiness1852

Mädchen1854

gel1857

pusill1884

backfisch1888

girly-girly1888

cliner1895

tittie1918

weeny1929

bobby-soxer1944

c1290 S. Eng. Leg., St. Kath. 75 Nou is þis..gret schame..to sende a-boute..After þe gretteste Maistres, for-to despuyti a-ȝen a fol wenche.

a1300 E.E. Psalter lxvii. 27 Bifor come princes samened to singand þar, In midde wenches of timpans war.

a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1901 William & his worþi wenche [sc. Melior, his betrothed] þan were bliþe of þe help.

c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 59 Crist came to þe hous of þis prince þat þe wenche lay deed inne.

a1450 Mirk's Festial 201 Then cryed þe fende and sayde: ‘Alas,..al my myȝt ys lorne, now such a ȝeong wench hath ouercomen me’.

?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. Bvij Than we wyll haue lytell nell A proper wenche she daunsith well.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke i. f. 57–58 To whom it had been an happie chaunce to haue brought foorth a wenche, but a muche more luckie happe it was, to haue brought foorth a soonne.

1586 in T. P. Wadley Notes Wills Orphan Bk. Bristol (1886) 250 If my wief be with Child whether it bee a Boye or a wenche I doe geve and bequeath vnto yt xx^li.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. ii. 32 Prythee how many Boyes and Wenches must I haue.

1648 O. Cromwell Let. to Norton 3 Apr. The money I shall need for my two little Wenches; and thereby I shall free my Son from being charged with them.

1665 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 53 One Mr. John Viccaridg his child (a wench) of 11 years old.

1787 R. Burns Let. 1 June (2001) I. 120 A clean-shankit, straught, tight, weel-far'd winch.

1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss I. i. ii. 12 ‘It seems a bit of a pity, though,’ said Mr Tulliver, ‘as the lad should take after the mother's side istead o' the little wench.’

1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags xl. 287 For she was ever the most spirity wench in the world.

b. A girl of the rustic or working class.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [noun] > woman or girl

wenchc1574

Joan1598

boorinn1649

russet gown1694

paysanne1748

baba1882

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > [noun] > person > woman

malkinc1275

wenchc1574

c1574–5 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 145 She was but a milkmaide, and a plaine cuntrie wench.

1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C3 She to her gan call,..But the rude wench her answerd nought at all.

1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes 2nd Pt. Don Quixote x. 59 Seeing none but the three wenches, he was somewhat troubled.

1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 332 These Wenches [daughters of Greek gardeners]..pass their time at their Looms.

1843 G. P. R. James Forest Days I. v. 97 His taste lies amongst country wenches.

c. As a familiar or endearing form of address; used chiefly in addressing a daughter, wife, or sweetheart. Now only dialect or archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > of or to a girl > of or to a girl or woman

pigsneyc1390

pussy?a1560

wench1581

ladykin1632

pop1785

popsy1855

old top1856

ma mie1859

kitten1870

tootsy1895

toots1936

mi'jita1970

noona1975

amiga1984

mi'ja1984

unni1997

1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades v. 97 [Juno to Pallas] Go we my wench, and let vs shew this dizarde here at ful, What power..we two haue.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iv. ii. 168 [Katharine to Patience, her woman.] When I am dead, good Wench, Let me be vs'd with Honor.

1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. ii. 46 ‘I fear ye lie, wench,’ said her father.

1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. iii. 29 Thou'lt have enough to do and to bear, poor wench, to-morrow.

1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh iii. 126 The mother held her tight, Saying..‘Why wench, why wench, The squire speaks to you now.’

1885 J. Payn Talk of Town I. 189 Of course it annoyed me, wench, to see Frank so obstinate.

2. A wanton woman; a mistress. Obsolete exc. archaic.More explicitly common, light, or wanton wench, wench of the stews.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman

queanOE

whorec1175

malkinc1275

wenchelc1300

ribalda1350

strumpeta1350

wench1362

filtha1375

parnelc1390

sinner14..

callet1415

slut?c1425

tickle-tailc1430

harlot?a1475

mignote1489

kittock?a1500

mulea1513

trulla1516

trully?1515

danta1529

miswoman1528

stewed whore1532

Tib1533

unchaghe1534

flag1535

Katy1535

jillet1541

yaud1545

housewife1546

trinkletc1550

whippet1550

Canace1551

filthy1553

Jezebel1558

kittyc1560

loonc1560

laced mutton1563

nymph1563

limmer1566

tomboy1566

Marian1567

mort1567

cockatrice1568

franion1571

blowze1573

rannell1573

rig1575

Kita1577

poplet1577

light-skirts1578

pucelle1578

harlotry1584

light o' lovea1586

driggle-draggle1588

wagtail1592

tub-tail1595

flirt-gill1597

minx1598

hilding1599

short-heels1599

bona-roba1600

flirt1600

Hiren1600

light-heels1602

roba1602

baggage1603

cousin1604

fricatrice1607

rumbelow1611

amorosa1615

jaya1616

open-taila1618

succubus1622

snaphancea1625

flap1631

buttered bun1638

puffkin1639

vizard1652

fallen woman1659

tomrigg1662

cunt1663

quaedama1670

jilt1672

crack1677

grass-girl1691

sporting girl1694

sportswoman1705

mobbed hood1707

brim1736

trollop1742

trub1746

demi-rep1749

gillyflower1757

lady of easy virtue1766

mot1773

chicken1782

gammerstang1788

buer1807

scarlet woman1816

blowen1819

fie-fie1820

shickster?1834

streel1842

charver1846

trolly1854

bad girl1855

amateur1862

anonyma1862

demi-virgin1864

pickup1871

chippy1885

wish-wife1886

tart1887

tartleta1890

flossy1893

fly girl1893

demi-mondaine1894

floozy1899

slattern1899

scrub1900

demi-vierge1908

cake1909

coozie1912

muff1914

tarty1918

yes-girl1920

radge1923

bike1945

puta1948

messer1951

cooze1955

jamette1965

skeezer1986

slutbag1987

chickenhead1988

ho1988

1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. Prol. 51 Ermytes on an hep wiþ hoteide staues, Wenten to Walsyngham & here wenchis aftir.

1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xix. 433 Wenches of þe stuwes.

c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 958 I am a gentil womman and no wenche.

1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 263 Envie..Is of the Court the comun wenche.

c1420 Chron. Vilod. 3360 Kyng Edgarus douȝter yche wene he was, Y-kete bot vpon a wenche.

a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. C.vii^v Vpon these beestes rydynge Naked boyes strydynge With wanton wenches winkyng.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxiii. B Take thy lute (saie men to her) and go aboute the citie, thou art yet an vnknowne wensche.

1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe i. sig. B A lodging of your prouiding? to bee cal'd a Lieutenants, or a Captaines wench!

a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. iii. 52 Nay, she is worse, she is the diuels dam: And here she comes in the habit of a light wench .

1666 S. Pepys Diary 6 Aug. (1972) VII. 238 Find my wife mightily out of order and reproaching of Mrs. Pierce and Knipp as wenches, and I know not what.

a1681 J. Lacy Sauny the Scott (1698) ii. i. 9 He means to make one of your Lasses his Wench—that is, his Love and his Ligby.

1765 P. Francis tr. Horace Satires (ed. 7) i. iv. 65 His spendthrift Son, who spurns the portion'd Bride, And keeps a common Wench.

1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1781 II. 390 Chief Justice ——, who loved a wench, summed up favourably, and she was acquitted.

a. A female servant, maidservant, serving-maid; also †handmaid, †bondwoman.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > [noun] > woman or girl

maidenOE

schelchenec1000

womanOE

maidc1300

ancillec1366

wench1380

child-womana1382

maidservanta1382

serving-womana1398

servantessa1425

servant maid?a1450

woman servant1450

servitrice1477

administress1483

ministressa1500

serving maid?1529

maiden-servant1533

servitrix1566

miskin-fro1585

servant girl1658

girl1668

necessary womanc1689

scout1708

servitress1827

ancilla1871

1380 Lay Folks Catech. (L.) 861 Thy neyȝboris hows, wenche ne knaue Coueyte hem noȝt.

c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame 206 Lord and lady, grome and wenche Of al the Troyan nacioun.

c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 74 As God bad bi Sara, Kast out þe wench and her son.

1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) sig. Hi/1 He [sc. Peter] that for a worde of a wenche forsoke hym.

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark xiv. f. lxviij There cam won off the wenches off the hyest preste.

1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 27 He determined to send one of the wenches to call her maister.

1660 S. Pepys Diary 10 Mar. (1970) I. 85 My wife was up making of caps for me, and the wench making an end of a pair of stockings.

1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 248. ⁋5 The Wench in the Kitchen sings and scowers from morning to night.

1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. iv. 8 O! says she, if the Wench (for so she calls us Maiden Servants) takes care of herself, she'll improve.

1758 S. Johnson Idler 14 Oct. 217 Scarcely a wench was to be got for all work.

1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor v, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 150 It is the wench of the house clattering to the well in her pattens.

1843 G. W. Le Fevre Life Trav. Physician I. 8 I..was informed by a dirty looking wench who opened the door, that the young ladies were gone.

1883 R. Broughton Belinda III. iii. viii. 48 Tea..is brought out to them, in an arbour overlooking the stream, by a stout wench.

attributive.1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Wenche seruaunte, ancilla... A..maid seruaunte, or pore wenche seruaunt.

b. U.S. (See quots.)

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > black > woman

wench1765

1765 Boston Gaz. 17 June 'Tis said the Fire was occasioned by a Negro Wench carrying a Quantity of Ashes.

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Wench,..3. In America, a black or colored female servant; a negress.

1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms

1891 Cent. Dict. Wench. 3 (c) A colored woman of any age; a negress or mulattress, especially one in service. (Colloq.)

Derivatives

wench-like adj. girlish.

ΘΚΠ

the world > people > person > child > girl > [adjective]

maidena1400

wench-like1552

girlish1565

young-girlish1822

girly1857

puellular1861

little girl1863

young-girl1867

lassieish1882

puellile1891

small girl1916

girly1962

1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Wenche lyke, puellaris.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 231 Do not play in Wench-like words with that Which is so serious.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wench
释义	wenchn. Brit. /wɛn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /wɛn(t)ʃ/ Forms: Middle English–1600s wenche, (Middle English weynche, Middle English wenge, 1500s wensche, whence), Middle English– wench; Scottish1500s winsch, wynch, vinche, 1700s–1800s winch. Etymology: Middle English wenche , shortened form of early Middle English wenchel: see wenchel n. 1. a. A girl, maid, young woman; a female child. Now dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > young person > young woman > [noun] daughterOE maidenOE young womanOE mayc1175 burdc1225 maidc1275 wenchc1290 file1303 virginc1330 girla1375 damselc1380 young ladya1393 jilla1425 juvenclec1430 young person1438 domicellea1464 quean1488 trull1525 pulleta1533 Tib1533 kittyc1560 dell1567 gillian1573 nymph1584 winklota1586 frotion1587 yuffrouw1589 pigeon1592 tit1599 nannicock1600 muggle1608 gixy1611 infanta1611 dilla1627 tittiea1628 whimsy1631 ladykin1632 stammel1639 moggie1648 zitellaa1660 baggagea1668 miss1668 baby1684 burdie1718 demoiselle1720 queanie?1800 intombi1809 muchacha1811 jilt1816 titter1819 ragazza1827 gouge1828 craft1829 meisie1838 sheila1839 sixteenc1840 chica1843 femme1846 muffin1854 gel1857 quail1859 kitten1870 bud1880 fräulein1883 sub-debutante1887 sweet-and-twenty1887 flapper1888 jelly1889 queen1894 chick1899 pusher1902 bit of fluff1903 chicklet1905 twist and twirl1905 twist1906 head1913 sub-deb1916 tabby1916 mouse1917 tittie1918 chickie1919 wren1920 bim1922 nifty1923 quiff1923 wimp1923 bride1924 job1927 junior miss1927 hag1932 tab1932 sort1933 palone1934 brush1941 knitting1943 teenybopper1966 weeny-bopper1972 Valley Girl1982 the world > people > person > child > girl > [noun] maiden-childeOE maidenOE maidc1275 maid-childc1275 wenchc1290 thernec1300 lassc1325 maidenkinc1330 child-womana1382 girlc1400 pucelle1439 maidkin1440 mawther1440 mop1466 woman-child?1515 bonnea1529 urchina1535 kinchin-mort1567 dandiprat1582 prill1587 sluta1592 little girl1603 maggie1603 tendril1603 squall1607 childa1616 filly1616 vriester1652 miss1668 gilpie1720 lassie1725 laddess1768 jeune fillea1777 bitch1785 girly?1786 gal1795 ladyling1807 missikin1815 colleen1828 girleen1833 snowdrop1833 pinafore1836 chica1843 fillette1847 charity-girl1848 urchiness1852 Mädchen1854 gel1857 pusill1884 backfisch1888 girly-girly1888 cliner1895 tittie1918 weeny1929 bobby-soxer1944 c1290 S. Eng. Leg., St. Kath. 75 Nou is þis..gret schame..to sende a-boute..After þe gretteste Maistres, for-to despuyti a-ȝen a fol wenche. a1300 E.E. Psalter lxvii. 27 Bifor come princes samened to singand þar, In midde wenches of timpans war. a1375 (c1350) William of Palerne (1867) l. 1901 William & his worþi wenche [sc. Melior, his betrothed] þan were bliþe of þe help. c1380 Eng. Wycliffite Serm. in Sel. Wks. I. 59 Crist came to þe hous of þis prince þat þe wenche lay deed inne. a1450 Mirk's Festial 201 Then cryed þe fende and sayde: ‘Alas,..al my myȝt ys lorne, now such a ȝeong wench hath ouercomen me’. ?1520 J. Rastell Nature .iiii. Element sig. Bvij Than we wyll haue lytell nell A proper wenche she daunsith well. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke i. f. 57–58 To whom it had been an happie chaunce to haue brought foorth a wenche, but a muche more luckie happe it was, to haue brought foorth a soonne. 1586 in T. P. Wadley Notes Wills Orphan Bk. Bristol (1886) 250 If my wief be with Child whether it bee a Boye or a wenche I doe geve and bequeath vnto yt xx^li. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. ii. 32 Prythee how many Boyes and Wenches must I haue. View more context for this quotation 1648 O. Cromwell Let. to Norton 3 Apr. The money I shall need for my two little Wenches; and thereby I shall free my Son from being charged with them. 1665 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 53 One Mr. John Viccaridg his child (a wench) of 11 years old. 1787 R. Burns Let. 1 June (2001) I. 120 A clean-shankit, straught, tight, weel-far'd winch. 1860 ‘G. Eliot’ Mill on Floss I. i. ii. 12 ‘It seems a bit of a pity, though,’ said Mr Tulliver, ‘as the lad should take after the mother's side istead o' the little wench.’ 1895 S. R. Crockett Men of Moss-hags xl. 287 For she was ever the most spirity wench in the world. b. A girl of the rustic or working class. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > peasant or rustic > [noun] > woman or girl wenchc1574 Joan1598 boorinn1649 russet gown1694 paysanne1748 baba1882 society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > [noun] > person > woman malkinc1275 wenchc1574 c1574–5 G. Harvey Let.-bk. (1884) 145 She was but a milkmaide, and a plaine cuntrie wench. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C3 She to her gan call,..But the rude wench her answerd nought at all. 1620 T. Shelton tr. M. de Cervantes 2nd Pt. Don Quixote x. 59 Seeing none but the three wenches, he was somewhat troubled. 1717 Lady M. W. Montagu Let. 1 Apr. (1965) I. 332 These Wenches [daughters of Greek gardeners]..pass their time at their Looms. 1843 G. P. R. James Forest Days I. v. 97 His taste lies amongst country wenches. c. As a familiar or endearing form of address; used chiefly in addressing a daughter, wife, or sweetheart. Now only dialect or archaic. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > terms of endearment > [noun] > of or to a girl > of or to a girl or woman pigsneyc1390 pussy?a1560 wench1581 ladykin1632 pop1785 popsy1855 old top1856 ma mie1859 kitten1870 tootsy1895 toots1936 mi'jita1970 noona1975 amiga1984 mi'ja1984 unni1997 1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades v. 97 [Juno to Pallas] Go we my wench, and let vs shew this dizarde here at ful, What power..we two haue. 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iv. ii. 168 [Katharine to Patience, her woman.] When I am dead, good Wench, Let me be vs'd with Honor. View more context for this quotation 1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. ii. 46 ‘I fear ye lie, wench,’ said her father. 1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. iii. 29 Thou'lt have enough to do and to bear, poor wench, to-morrow. 1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh iii. 126 The mother held her tight, Saying..‘Why wench, why wench, The squire speaks to you now.’ 1885 J. Payn Talk of Town I. 189 Of course it annoyed me, wench, to see Frank so obstinate. 2. A wanton woman; a mistress. Obsolete exc. archaic.More explicitly common, light, or wanton wench, wench of the stews. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [noun] > sexual indulgence > unchaste behaviour of woman > unchaste or loose woman queanOE whorec1175 malkinc1275 wenchelc1300 ribalda1350 strumpeta1350 wench1362 filtha1375 parnelc1390 sinner14.. callet1415 slut?c1425 tickle-tailc1430 harlot?a1475 mignote1489 kittock?a1500 mulea1513 trulla1516 trully?1515 danta1529 miswoman1528 stewed whore1532 Tib1533 unchaghe1534 flag1535 Katy1535 jillet1541 yaud1545 housewife1546 trinkletc1550 whippet1550 Canace1551 filthy1553 Jezebel1558 kittyc1560 loonc1560 laced mutton1563 nymph1563 limmer1566 tomboy1566 Marian1567 mort1567 cockatrice1568 franion1571 blowze1573 rannell1573 rig1575 Kita1577 poplet1577 light-skirts1578 pucelle1578 harlotry1584 light o' lovea1586 driggle-draggle1588 wagtail1592 tub-tail1595 flirt-gill1597 minx1598 hilding1599 short-heels1599 bona-roba1600 flirt1600 Hiren1600 light-heels1602 roba1602 baggage1603 cousin1604 fricatrice1607 rumbelow1611 amorosa1615 jaya1616 open-taila1618 succubus1622 snaphancea1625 flap1631 buttered bun1638 puffkin1639 vizard1652 fallen woman1659 tomrigg1662 cunt1663 quaedama1670 jilt1672 crack1677 grass-girl1691 sporting girl1694 sportswoman1705 mobbed hood1707 brim1736 trollop1742 trub1746 demi-rep1749 gillyflower1757 lady of easy virtue1766 mot1773 chicken1782 gammerstang1788 buer1807 scarlet woman1816 blowen1819 fie-fie1820 shickster?1834 streel1842 charver1846 trolly1854 bad girl1855 amateur1862 anonyma1862 demi-virgin1864 pickup1871 chippy1885 wish-wife1886 tart1887 tartleta1890 flossy1893 fly girl1893 demi-mondaine1894 floozy1899 slattern1899 scrub1900 demi-vierge1908 cake1909 coozie1912 muff1914 tarty1918 yes-girl1920 radge1923 bike1945 puta1948 messer1951 cooze1955 jamette1965 skeezer1986 slutbag1987 chickenhead1988 ho1988 1362 W. Langland Piers Plowman A. Prol. 51 Ermytes on an hep wiþ hoteide staues, Wenten to Walsyngham & here wenchis aftir. 1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xix. 433 Wenches of þe stuwes. c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 958 I am a gentil womman and no wenche. 1390 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 263 Envie..Is of the Court the comun wenche. c1420 Chron. Vilod. 3360 Kyng Edgarus douȝter yche wene he was, Y-kete bot vpon a wenche. a1529 J. Skelton Colyn Cloute (?1545) sig. C.vii^v Vpon these beestes rydynge Naked boyes strydynge With wanton wenches winkyng. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Isa. xxiii. B Take thy lute (saie men to her) and go aboute the citie, thou art yet an vnknowne wensche. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster North-ward Hoe i. sig. B A lodging of your prouiding? to bee cal'd a Lieutenants, or a Captaines wench! a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) iv. iii. 52 Nay, she is worse, she is the diuels dam: And here she comes in the habit of a light wench . View more context for this quotation 1666 S. Pepys Diary 6 Aug. (1972) VII. 238 Find my wife mightily out of order and reproaching of Mrs. Pierce and Knipp as wenches, and I know not what. a1681 J. Lacy Sauny the Scott (1698) ii. i. 9 He means to make one of your Lasses his Wench—that is, his Love and his Ligby. 1765 P. Francis tr. Horace Satires (ed. 7) i. iv. 65 His spendthrift Son, who spurns the portion'd Bride, And keeps a common Wench. 1791 J. Boswell Life Johnson anno 1781 II. 390 Chief Justice ——, who loved a wench, summed up favourably, and she was acquitted. 3. a. A female servant, maidservant, serving-maid; also †handmaid, †bondwoman. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > [noun] > woman or girl maidenOE schelchenec1000 womanOE maidc1300 ancillec1366 wench1380 child-womana1382 maidservanta1382 serving-womana1398 servantessa1425 servant maid?a1450 woman servant1450 servitrice1477 administress1483 ministressa1500 serving maid?1529 maiden-servant1533 servitrix1566 miskin-fro1585 servant girl1658 girl1668 necessary womanc1689 scout1708 servitress1827 ancilla1871 1380 Lay Folks Catech. (L.) 861 Thy neyȝboris hows, wenche ne knaue Coueyte hem noȝt. c1384 G. Chaucer Hous of Fame 206 Lord and lady, grome and wenche Of al the Troyan nacioun. c1475 (?c1400) Apol. Lollard Doctr. (1842) 74 As God bad bi Sara, Kast out þe wench and her son. 1493 Chastysing Goddes Chyldern (de Worde) sig. Hi/1 He [sc. Peter] that for a worde of a wenche forsoke hym. 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Mark xiv. f. lxviij There cam won off the wenches off the hyest preste. 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 27 He determined to send one of the wenches to call her maister. 1660 S. Pepys Diary 10 Mar. (1970) I. 85 My wife was up making of caps for me, and the wench making an end of a pair of stockings. 1710 R. Steele Tatler No. 248. ⁋5 The Wench in the Kitchen sings and scowers from morning to night. 1740 S. Richardson Pamela I. iv. 8 O! says she, if the Wench (for so she calls us Maiden Servants) takes care of herself, she'll improve. 1758 S. Johnson Idler 14 Oct. 217 Scarcely a wench was to be got for all work. 1819 W. Scott Bride of Lammermoor v, in Tales of my Landlord 3rd Ser. I. 150 It is the wench of the house clattering to the well in her pattens. 1843 G. W. Le Fevre Life Trav. Physician I. 8 I..was informed by a dirty looking wench who opened the door, that the young ladies were gone. 1883 R. Broughton Belinda III. iii. viii. 48 Tea..is brought out to them, in an arbour overlooking the stream, by a stout wench. attributive.1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Wenche seruaunte, ancilla... A..maid seruaunte, or pore wenche seruaunt. b. U.S. (See quots.) ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > black > woman wench1765 1765 Boston Gaz. 17 June 'Tis said the Fire was occasioned by a Negro Wench carrying a Quantity of Ashes. 1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Wench,..3. In America, a black or colored female servant; a negress. 1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms 1891 Cent. Dict. Wench. 3 (c) A colored woman of any age; a negress or mulattress, especially one in service. (Colloq.) Derivatives wench-like adj. girlish. ΘΚΠ the world > people > person > child > girl > [adjective] maidena1400 wench-like1552 girlish1565 young-girlish1822 girly1857 puellular1861 little girl1863 young-girl1867 lassieish1882 puellile1891 small girl1916 girly1962 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Wenche lyke, puellaris. a1616 W. Shakespeare Cymbeline (1623) iv. ii. 231 Do not play in Wench-like words with that Which is so serious. View more context for this quotation This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). wenchv. Brit. /wɛn(t)ʃ/, U.S. /wɛn(t)ʃ/ Etymology: < wench n. Obsolete exc. archaic. intransitive. To associate with common women. †to wench out (time): to spend (it) in wenching. ΘΚΠ society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > [verb (intransitive)] > associate with loose woman whore1547 whore-hunt1597 wench1599 palliardize1619 smock1719 womanize1893 tart1948 society > morality > moral evil > licentiousness > unchastity > unchaste [verb (transitive)] > spend/bring in/by womanizing to wench out1599 whore1651 1599 H. Porter Pleasant Hist. Two Angrie Women of Abington sig. I Indeed tis true, I am thus late a wenching, But I am forc'st to wench without a wench. 1622 H. Peacham Compl. Gentleman i. 10 To be drunke, sweare, wench..are the attributes and marks now adaies of a great part of our Gentry. ?1624 G. Chapman tr. Hymn to Apollo in tr. Crowne Homers Wks. 37 Tis better here, to Imitate the Gods, And wine, or wench out all times Periods. 1671 J. Dryden Evening's Love iv. 60 As I am a Gentleman, a man of the Town, one who wears good Cloathes, Eates, Drinks, and Wenches abundantly. 1722 R. Steele Conscious Lovers iv. ii Sir, I never saw a Man that wench'd soberly and discreetly, that ever left it off. 1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. ix. i. 378 Tell me where signor de Santillane is fallible. Is he fond of play? does he wench? This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1290v.1599
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