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- Dictionarywench/wɛn(t)ʃ/
noun
- 1. a girl or young woman: archaic, humorous "in the new film about Columbus, she plays the token buxom wench"
- 2. a prostitute. archaic
verb
- 1. (of a man) habitually associate with prostitutes. archaic
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