wench

 
Pronunciation: /wɛn(t)ʃ/

noun

  • 1 archaic or humorous a girl or young woman: in the new film about Columbus, she plays the token buxom wench
  • 2 archaic a prostitute.

verb

[no object] archaic
  • (of a man) habitually associate with prostitutes.

Derivatives

wencher

noun

Origin:

Middle English: abbreviation of obsolete wenchel 'child, servant, prostitute'; perhaps related to Old English wancol 'unsteady, inconstant'