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wenchdom

wenchdom noun: the domain or world of wenches; wenches collectively.

Noun

wenchdom (uncountable)

  1. The domain or world of wenches; wenches collectively
    • Daily did he return home, triumphant warriorto the faithful wench and the two brats -- the young bastard, albehim princely, and young bitch, albeher queenly, destined for war and wenchdom.(Can we date this quote?), F. J. Bradley, Where The Lonely Spend Their Days, page 46
  2. The state or condition of being a wench; wenchhood
    • Unlovely is the project which would take womanhood out of its graceful place in creation, and substitute for it a brawling, political wenchdom, and a sisterhood of hussies for the polling-booths.1868, The Dublin University Magazine - Volume 72, page 63
    • 'You're certainly a cut above wenchdom, even if your taste in men is execrable.2016, Elizabeth Rolls, In Debt to the Earl

Origin of wenchdom

From wench + -dom.

Questions about wenchdom

What does wenchdom mean?
Wenchdom means the domain or world of wenches; wenches collectively.
What part of speech is wenchdom?
Wenchdom is a noun.

Words near wenchdom in the dictionary

  1. Wenceslas
  2. Wenceslaus
  3. wench
  4. Wenchang
  5. Wenchang chicken
  6. wenchdom
  7. wenched
  8. wenchedst
  9. wenchen
  10. Wencheng
  11. wencher

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