Thesaurus: crone

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1. n. An old ewe.
2. n. An old woman; -- usually in contempt.
3. n. An old man; especially, a man who talks and acts like an old woman.
4. n. an ugly evil-looking old woman
5. 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.
6. n:100 n an ugly evil-looking old woman