About The Word Crone
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Crone
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What's The Definition Of Crone?
[n] an ugly evil-looking old woman
Synonyms | Synonyms for Crone: beldam | beldame | hag | witch Related Terms | Find terms related to Crone: bag | bat | beldam | biddy | dame | dowager | drab | frump | grandam | grandmother | granny | hag | old battle-ax | old dame | old girl | old granny | old lady | old trot | old wife | old woman | slattern | sloven | trot | war-horse | witch See Also | old woman Crone In Webster's Dictionary \Crone\ (kr?n), n. [OD. kronie, karonie, an old sheep, OF.
carogne, F. charogne, carrion (also F. carogne illnatured
woman.). See {Carrion}, and {Crony}.]
1. An old ewe. [Obs.] --Tusser.
2. An old woman; -- usually in contempt.
But still the crone was constant to her note.
--Dryden.
3. An old man; especially, a man who talks and acts like an
old woman. [R.]
The old crone [a negro man] lived in a hovel, . . .
which his master had given him. --W. Irving.
A few old battered crones of office. --Beaconsfield.
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