WENCH

wench. Wench, n. a young woman, a strumpet

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Wench (?), n. [[OE. wenche, for older wenchel a child, originally, weak, tottering; cf. AS. wencle a maid, a daughter, wencel a pupil, orphan, wincel, winclu, children, offspring, wencel weak, wancol unstable, OHG. wanchol; perhaps akin to E. wink. See Wink.]] 1. 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. 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. 3. A colored woman; a negress.