dame, doll, wench, skirt, chick, bird
(noun) informal terms for a (young) woman
wench
(verb) frequent prostitutes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
wench (plural wenches)
(archaic, now, dialectal or humorous, possibly, offensive) A girl or young woman, especially a buxom or lively one.
(specifically) A girl or young woman of a lower class.
(archaic or dialectal) Used as a term of endearment for a female person, especially a wife, daughter, or girlfriend: darling, sweetheart.
(archaic) A woman servant; a maidservant.
(archaic) A promiscuous woman; a mistress (“other woman in an extramarital relationship”).
Synonyms: Thesaurus:promiscuous woman, Thesaurus:mistress
(archaic) A prostitute.
(US, archaic or historical) A black woman (of any age), especially if in a condition of servitude.
Synonym: negress (dated, literary, now offensive)
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.
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Source: Wiktionary
Wench, n. Etym: [OE. wenche, for older wenchel a child, originally, weak, tottering; cf. AS. wencle a maid, a daughter, wencel a pupil, orphan, wincel, winclu, children, offspring, wencel weak, wancol unstable, OHG. wanchol; perhaps akin to E. wink. See Wink.]
1. A young woman; a girl; a maiden. Shak. Lord and lady, groom and wench. Chaucer. That they may send again My most sweet wench, and gifts to boot. Chapman. He was received by the daughter of the house, a pretty, buxom, blue- eyed little wench. W. Black.
2. A low, vicious young woman; a drab; a strumpet. She shall be called his wench or his leman. Chaucer. It is not a digression to talk of bawds in a discourse upon wenches. Spectator.
3. A colored woman; a negress. [U. S.]
Wench, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wenched; p. pr. & vb. n. Wenching.]
Definition: To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
26 April 2024
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