— wencher , n.
/wench/ , n.
1. a country lass or working girl: The milkmaid was a healthy wench.
2. Usually facetious. a girl or young woman.
3. Archaic. a strumpet.
v.i.
4. to associate, esp. habitually, with promiscuous women.
[ 1250-1300; ME, back formation from wenchel, OE wencel child, akin to wancol tottering, said of a child learning to walk; akin to G wankeln to totter ]