1. [n]  informal terms for a (young) woman
2. [v]  frequent prostitutes

WENCH is a 5 letter word that starts with W.

1. \Wench\, n. [OE. wenche, for older wenchel a child,
   originally, weak, tottering; cf. AS. wencle a maid, a
   daughter, wencel a pupil, orphan, wincel, winclu, children,
   offspring, wencel weak, wancol unstable, OHG. wanchol;
   perhaps akin to E. wink. See {Wink}.]
   1. A young woman; a girl; a maiden. --Shak.
   
            Lord and lady, groom and wench.       --Chaucer.
   
            That they may send again My most sweet wench, and
            gifts to boot.                        --Chapman.
   
            He was received by the daughter of the house, a
            pretty, buxom, blue-eyed little wench. --W. Black.
   
   2. A low, vicious young woman; a drab; a strumpet.
   
            She shall be called his wench or his leman.
                                                  --Chaucer.
   
            It is not a digression to talk of bawds in a
            discourse upon wenches.               --Spectator.
   
   3. A colored woman; a negress. [U. S.]
   
   

2. \Wench\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wenched}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Wenching}.]
   To frequent the company of wenches, or women of ill fame.