crone

[crone]

The haggard old woman who lives down the street in a ramshackle house, shaking her fist while chasing children out of her yard? You might call her a crone, if you’re brave. (But be careful: the term is insulting.)

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An old ewe.

Noun
an ugly evil-looking old woman

n.
An old ewe.

n.
An old woman; -- usually in contempt.

n.
An old man; especially, a man who talks and acts like an old woman.

Crone

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.

A few old battered crones of office.

An old ewe.

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