Wench
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A low, vicious young woman; a drab; a strumpet.
(2): ( v. i.) To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame.
(3): ( n.) A colored woman; a negress.
(4): ( n.) A young woman; a girl; a maiden.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [2]
Wench . This word, once good English, was used by the Bishops’ Bible of 1568, and was transferred to Av [Note: Authorized Version.] at 2 Samuel 17:17 . So Wyclif at Matthew 9:24 ‘Go ye away, for the wenche is not dead, but slepith.’
King James Dictionary [3]
Wench, n.
1. A young woman. Little used. 2. A young woman of fame. 3. In America, a black or colored female servant a negress.
Wench, To frequent the company of women of fame.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
wench , wensh ( שׁפחה , shiphḥāh ): The word "wench" is found only in 2 Samuel 17:17 the King James Version, where the Revised Version (British and American) has "maid-servant." The Hebrew word shiphḥāh here used is a common term for maid-servant, female slave. the King James Version used the word "wench" to convey the meaning maid-servant, which was a common use of the word at that time, but it is now practically obsolete.
