wenches
Tavern serving girls
Wenches is the plural of wench—girls, young women, or female servants, especially in historical or playful contexts: The tavern wenches brought more ale.
He chased wenches across three counties.
The word appears frequently in historical fiction and Renaissance faire culture.
Female pub employee
- alewifeSmall herringlike fish
- serving girlFemale domestic attendant
- taproomBar serving draft beer
- innLodging for wayfarers
ale · mead · tankard · flagons · pub · barkeep · patrons · carouse
Rural working class
- feudalOf tiered landownership
- manorLanded aristocratic residence
- serfBonded agricultural laborer
- villageSmall rural community
castle · knight · squire · lord · commoner · lowborn · bodice · corset
Female household worker
- handmaidenPersonal female attendant
- chambermaidHotel room attendant
- attendantOne who assists others
- domesticOf the home
scullery · serving · housemaid · lady-in-waiting · subservient · obedient · helper · retainer
Outdoor themed market
- costumeClothing for portrayal
- revelryNoisy, lively celebration
- joustingMounted knightly combat sport
- minstrelTraveling performer of songs
banquet · pageantry · huzzah · merrymaking · feasting · Tudor · Elizabethan · bawdy
Reducing humans to things
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- derogatoryExpressing criticism or disrespect
- misogynyHostility toward women
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
outdated · stereotypical · chauvinism · demeaning · lewd · coarse · vulgar · bawdy
barmaid
Female pub employee
- alewifeSmall herringlike fish
- serving girlFemale domestic attendant
- taproomBar serving draft beer
inn · ale · mead · tankard · flagons · pub · barkeep · patrons · carouse · revelry
peasantry
Rural working class
village · castle · knight · squire · lord · commoner · lowborn · bodice · corset · kirtle
maidservant
Female household worker
- handmaidenPersonal female attendant
- chambermaidHotel room attendant
- attendantOne who assists others
domestic · scullery · serving · housemaid · lady-in-waiting · subservient · obedient · helper · retainer · menial
faire
Outdoor themed market
minstrel · banquet · pageantry · huzzah · merrymaking · feasting · Tudor · Elizabethan · bawdy · bustle
objectification
Reducing humans to things
- sexismGender-based prejudice
- derogatoryExpressing criticism or disrespect
- misogynyHostility toward women
archaic · outdated · stereotypical · chauvinism · demeaning · lewd · coarse · vulgar · bawdy · slur
- Ren fairejousting, knights, mead, turkey legs, jesters
- Sword and SorceryConan, sword and sorcery, Red Sonja, barbarian, sorcerer
wenchesladies
Women, respectfully addressed
noblewomen · gentlewomen · aristocrats · duchesses · countesses
- tavern wenchFemale pub server
- serving wenchFemale tavern attendant
- beer wenchesCostumed tavern serving staff
- beer wenchFemale tavern server