Thesaurus results for WENCH

wench

noun

ˈwench

Definition of wench

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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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

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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

Saar took a smiling mammy figure and replaced the pencil a Black housekeeper would have used for her client’s grocery list with a rifle and grenade.

— Tara Anne Dalbow, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026
The hotel’s theming is impeccable, with workers dressed like bellhops and housekeepers and a grand lobby library featuring eclectic paintings and sculptures.

— Catherine Garcia, TheWeek, 14 July 2026

Definition of housekeeper

Noun

Even actors whose roles have limited scope, like Zendaya, Nyong’o, Hawkins and Mia Goth as Penelope’s duplicitous maid, register as vital presences.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 15 July 2026
This British drama series follows a woman named Emma over the course of more than six decades of her life, from the 1900s through the 1970s, working her way from impoverished maid to the world’s richest woman.

— Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 12 July 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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Its interior ministry previously reported that air alert sirens had been activated multiple times into Saturday morning local time.

— Monica Haider, CNN Money, 18 July 2026
Like the book, the movie follows Greek king Odysseus (Matt Damon), who spends 10 years at war and another decade lost at sea, encountering cyclops, sirens and giants along the way.

— Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 18 July 2026

Definition of siren

Noun

The firm’s employees took Quaaludes, a sedative medication, like candy, hired prostitutes regularly, and held gambling sprees in Monte Carlo and Las Vegas.

— Kalia Richardson, USA Today, 14 July 2026
Hundreds of men have been cited by the sheriff’s office in recent years for soliciting a prostitute.

— Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026

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