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crone

Pronunciation: /kɹoʊn/

The English word “crone” has 5 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. An old woman.
  2. An archetypal figure, a wise woman.
  3. An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag.
  4. An old ewe.
  5. An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.

Etymology

From Middle English crone, from Anglo-Norman carogne (compare central Old French charogne (a term of abuse, literally “carrion, carcass, old sheep, hag”), whence modern French charogne). Doublet of carrion.

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