Wench or Wenche may refer to:
- Wench - a historical British Modern English colloquial term for a lower class woman and/or promiscuous woman. Also in the 19th and early 20th centuries a term for a black woman, the male counterpart being "buck", both of which would be considered offensive and derogatory in modern times.
- Wenche - a popular female first name in Norway. The name is also spelled Venke, Wenke, Venche, Wencke, Vence or Vencke.
- Wenche Foss, (born 1917) is a Norwegian actress
- Venke Knutson, (born 1978) is a Norwegian singer
- Wenche Myhre, (born 1947) is a Norwegian singer
Famous quotes containing the word wench:
“Well, if Fortune be a woman, she’s a good wench for this gear.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“What a devil hast thou to do with the time of the day? Unless hours were cups of sack, and minutes capons, and clocks the
tongues of bawds, and dials the signs of leaping-houses, and the blessed sun himself a fair hot wench in flame-colored
taffeta, I see no reason why thou shouldst be so superfluous
to demand the time of the day.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)
“I know a wench of excellent discourse,
Pretty and witty; wild, and yet, too, gentle.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)