Beside this, what does wench mean in slang?
The definition of a wench is an offensive term used to refer to a young girl or a woman or to refer to a prostitute. An example of a wench is a prostitute.
Also, is wench a curse word? Wench. A 13th-century word meaning a female infant or a young unmarried woman quickly acquired negative connotations: from the late 14th century, in Langland and Chaucer it is used to mean “a wanton woman; a mistress”.
Similarly, you may ask, when was the word wench invented?
“Wench” has its earliest roots in the Old and early Middle English “wenc(h)el,” which designated a servant or slave of any gender, or a child. (A text from around 1200 refers to “An wennchell thatt iss iesu crist,” a child that is Jesus Christ.)
What is the male equivalent of wench?
Just for the record: in some Shakespearian texts, the masculine version of a wench is a swain. It seems that in Shakespeare's time the word swain meant a young male peasant or sheperd and wench a young female peasant.
