Found 2 items, similar to crone.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: crone crone n : an ugly evil-looking old woman [syn: hag, beldam, beldame, witch]
English → English (gcide) Definition: crone crone \crone\ (kr[=o]n), n. [OD. kronie, karonie, an old sheep, OF. carogne, F. charogne, carrion (also F. carogne ill-natured woman.). See Carrion, and Crony.] 1. An old ewe. [Obs.] --Tusser. [1913 Webster] 2. An old woman; -- usually in contempt. [1913 Webster] But still the crone was constant to her note. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3. An old man; especially, a man who talks and acts like an old woman. [R.] [1913 Webster] The old crone [a negro man] lived in a hovel, . . . which his master had given him. --W. Irving. [1913 Webster] A few old battered crones of office. --Beaconsfield. [1913 Webster]