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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024wench /wɛntʃ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Sex and Gendera girl or young woman.
- a female servant.
- a sexually loose woman.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024wench (wench),USA pronunciation n. - Sex and Gendera country lass or working girl:The milkmaid was a healthy wench.
- Sex and Gender, Slang Terms[Usually facetious.]a girl or young woman.
- Sex and Gender[Archaic.]a strumpet.
v.i. - Sex and Genderto 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
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