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Crone
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- 1 An old woman. archaic
"But still the crone was constant to her note."
- 2 One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Mother and Maiden, representing an old woman.
"[…] different stages of life as represented by our Lady as Maiden, Mother, and Crone, as well as our Lord as Master, Father, and Sage."
- 3 an ugly evil-looking old woman wordnet
- 4 An archetypal figure, a wise woman.
"“And what is your name, crispy, old, wizened crone?” “Oh, my name's Helen.” “Hel-- Oh, just Helen. That's it. Just Helen?” “Helen the Magic Woman.” “And you can help me rid myself of this disgusting hex?” “Yes.”"
- 5 An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag.
"With black unseeing eyes the old woman, the crone, stares at him and through him. Over and over she mutters a word that he cannot quite catch, something like Toomderoom."
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- 6 An old ewe. obsolete
"In traveling homeward, buy forty good crones, and fat up the bodies of those seely bones"
- 7 An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman. obsolete
"The old crone [a negro man] lived in a hovel, in the midst of a small patch of potatoes and Indian corn, which his master had given him on setting him free."
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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