Wĕnch1, n.
(66), n. [O. Eng. wenche. Cf. A-S. wencle, a maid, a daughter, wencel, a pupil, orphan, wincel, winclu, children, offspring.] 1. A young woman; a girl; a maiden. [Obs.] That they may send again, My most sweet wench, and gifts to boot. Chapman. 2. A low, vicious, coarse young woman; a drab; a strumpet. It is not a digression to talk of bawds in a discourse upon wenches. Spectator. 3. A black woman; a colored female servant; a negress. [U. S.]