1. a man who frequently pursues women for sexual purposes
Usage: archaic; offensive

Examples

• The old tales spoke of him as a notorious wencher who frequented taverns.
• In Shakespeare’s time, a wencher was considered a man of questionable morals.
• The character was portrayed as a wencher in the historical drama.
• Medieval literature often depicted nobles as wenchers and drunkards.
• The term wencher appears in many 17th-century texts.