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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 --W. Irving. A few old battered crones of office. --Beaconsfield. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: crone n : an ugly evil-looking old woman [syn: {hag}, {beldam}, {beldame}, {witch}]
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