I. ˈwench noun
( -es )
Etymology: Middle English wenche, short for wenchel child, from Old English wencel; akin to Old High German wanchal unsteady, wankōn to stagger, totter, flicker — more at wink
1.
a. : a young woman : girl
good girl … you were the best-dressed wench in the room — Sinclair Lewis
b. chiefly dialect : a female child
c. : a female servant : maid
2. : a lewd woman
3. : a girl or woman of a socially low class
known as a female impersonator, and introduced the Negro wench characterization to minstrelsy — C.F.Wittke
II. intransitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-es )
: to consort with lewd women ; especially : to practice fornication