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Definition for WENCH
WEN
WENCH
WENCH
, a. [Sax.
wencle
. Qu. G.
wenig
, little.]
A young woman. [Little used.] – Sidney. Donne.
A young woman of ill fame. – Prior.
In America, a black or colored female servant; a negress.
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