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Wench
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
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.]
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame.