Definition of "harridans" [harridans]

• Plural form of harridan. (noun)

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• "This is a briskly entertaining history, complete with pithy anecdotes, of one of the great revolutions of modern time, and while it covers a few political issues that don't resonate in Canada, most of it does, with everyone from housewives to so-called harridans getting their due."
• "The wives become screaming harridans or, broken-spirited and doglike, lose what little decency and self-respect they have remaining over from their maiden days, and all sink together, unheeding, in their degradation and dirt."
• "Old wives tale: John Tenniel's 1863 carton 'Neutrality' depicts a comfortable John Bull—the traditional stand-in for Britain—enjoying his leisure while two warring harridans Abraham Lincoln's North and Jefferson's South seek his attention."