Wench used to mean maiden, so if you find someone describing a handsome Wench in Shakespeare, it means a beautiful girl. These sample phrases are automatically selected from various online information sources to reflect the current use of the word “wench”. The views expressed in the examples do not represent the views of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us your feedback. Wench comes from Middle English and was a common word for girl, child or servant. Over time, this meant serving mostly girls, like in a bar serving drinks in a tavern. Eventually, she became a prostitute. If you find Wench in a 16th century love poem, think of it as an informal version of Maiden. But if someone called you Wench last week, you should be offended. The subtext: “The image editor wants to see me dressed like a buxom waitress.
They all died over time, and everyone knows that Melusina became a kitchen woman in hell. I am not a peasant girl who is not charmed by your gay coat or your gay nature. She was as beautiful as a lily, had shiny golden hair, and looked nothing like that black-brown cheek with black eyes. He caught my child like an ordinary street woman, a matter of selling and bartering. I hate the woman through whom her cunning black eyes look into a body. She could have auditioned to be the tavern or a fairy; Instead, she hired chainmail bikinis as a shopkeeper and knitted bikinis. Middle English wenche, abbreviation of wenchel child, from Old English wencel; similar to Old High German wankÅn to weaken, to fluctuate and probably Old High German winchan to staggered – more by flashing.