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Traditional English :: wench
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wench.html - n. & v. --n. 1 joc. a girl or young woman.
2 archaic a prostitute. --v.intr. archaic (of a man) consort with prostitutes. wencher n. [ME wenche, wenchel f. OE wencel child: cf. OE wancol weak, tottering] |
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Traditional English :: wench
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wench.html - n. & v. --n. 1 joc. a girl or young woman.
2 archaic a prostitute. --v.intr. archaic (of a man) consort with prostitutes. wencher n. [ME wenche, wenchel f. OE wencel child: cf. OE wancol weak, tottering] |
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Traditional English :: wen(1)
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wench.html - n. 1 a benign tumour on the skin esp. of the scalp. 2 an outstandingly large or congested city. the great wen London. [OE wen, wenn, of unkn. orig.: cf. Du. wen, MLG wene, LG wehne tumour, wart] |
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Traditional English :: wen(2)
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wench.html - n. (also wyn) a runic letter in Old and Middle English, later replaced by w. [OE, var. of wyn joy (see WINSOME ), used because it begins with this letter: cf. THORN 3] |
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Traditional English :: wench
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wench.html - n. & v. --n. 1 joc. a girl or young woman.
2 archaic a prostitute. --v.intr. archaic (of a man) consort with prostitutes. wencher n. [ME wenche, wenchel f. OE wencel child: cf. OE wancol weak, tottering] |
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Traditional English :: Wend
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wench.html - n. a member of a Slavic people of N. Germany, now inhabiting E. Saxony. Wendic adj. Wendish adj. [G Wende f. OHG Winida, of unkn. orig.] |
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