wench

noun

ˈwench How to pronounce wench (audio)
Definition of wenchnext
1
as in hussy
archaic a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman a local wench who was well-known at the town's tavern

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2
as in housekeeper
a female domestic servant a kitchen wench who went on to become an award-winning chef

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Recent Examples of wench Born a modest gathering of kindred spirits, the festival hath blossomed into a celebration of the days of yore, where knights do clash, bards sing sweet airs, merchants display their wares most fine and wenches doth tease in tawdry jests. — Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 22 May 2025 But, rather than locking these women in the wench kennel, Jamaica should have erected statues to them for resolving the colonial liquidity crisis. — Daniel Immerwahr, The New Yorker, 15 July 2024 Maryland’s annual renaissance fair kicks off nine weekends of medieval celebrations, welcoming rogues, monks, maidens and wenches to step back to a time when owning a sword was cool. — Haben Kelati, Washington Post, 24 Aug. 2023 There are many solid gags among this motley crew — the pirate forever chasing his false eye, the parrot trained to speak for its mute master, the series of fetching wenches who deliver slaps to Sparrow for past wrongs. — Kirk Honeycutt, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2023 See All Example Sentences for wench
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wench
  1. hussy
  2. housekeeper
  3. minx
  4. maid
  5. floozy
  6. siren
  7. prostitute
Noun
  • Billy the Kid, Doc Holliday and Pat Garrett hang out with a hussy.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2021
  • Either way, the woman comes out the other end a victim and a champion, but as a tramp and a hussy too.
    — Benjy Hansen-Bundy, Glamour, 30 May 2018
Definition of hussy
Noun
  • Jude’s modern twist on Octave Mirbeau’s novel follows Gianina (Ana Dumitrașcu), a Romanian migrant working as a live-in housekeeper and nanny for a wealthy family in present-day Bordeaux.
    — Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
  • To try that one, the salesperson first had to turn down the covers for us like a mother with her children or a housekeeper in a fancy hotel.
    — Jaklin Romine Oct. 15, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of housekeeper
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  • The Survivor minx is a tired and true stereotype as attractive female contestants are often portrayed on the show as using their feminine wiles to get ahead in the game.
    — Dalton Ross, EW.com, 14 Apr. 2021
Definition of minx
Noun
  • Adelaide said, with a vehemence that frightened Masha, the maid trying to spoon medicine into her clenched mouth.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Oct. 2026
  • This is the kind of show where an opulent tea party is dramatized not just by many different plates of fancy pastries, fancy wreaths and lots of furniture, but by having all that stuff carted in by a dozen or so butlers, maids and other servants.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 1 Oct. 2026
Definition of maid
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  • Ida, meanwhile, is a crime society floozy in 1930s Great Depression Chicago, an escort to a coterie of goombahs who take to mentally torturing her over dinner and drinks in a speakeasy.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Released in 1958, Attack told of a wealthy heiress, fresh from a stint at a mental institution, who is turned into a giantess and then deals with her philandering husband and his no-good, money-grubbing floozy.
    — Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
Definition of floozy
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  • The base station’s siren was loud enough to be heard throughout my entire house as well as in the backyard.
    — John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 22 Oct. 2026
  • The village had long planned to install additional sirens, including three that could instruct people to seek high ground during flooding, allowing a more orderly evacuation.
    — Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of siren
Noun
  • Brought to Spain, the Colombian prostitutes are required to work off a debt run up by not only the airfare but much more.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
  • And in the early ’80s, there were prostitutes on every street corner in Hollywood.
    — Steve Appleford, SPIN, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of prostitute

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“Wench.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wench. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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