Definition of "crone" [crone]

• An ugly, withered old woman; a hag. (noun)

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• "Kathy found Web sites that claim the title crone hasn't always been derogatory; in pre-Christian times, old women were particularly important members of the community."
• "The crone is the old woman of great power whose life wisdom comes from both her great age and the many things she has lived through."
• "Mr Green said it was a cross between Huck Finn and Twilight, at which point your humble correspondent Lost the Plot and cackled like a crone from the back row of the Storey Hall."