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CRONE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crone mean? 

CRONE (noun)
  The noun CRONE has 1 sense:

1. an ugly evil-looking old womanplay

  Familiarity information: CRONE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CRONE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An ugly evil-looking old woman

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

beldam; beldame; crone; hag; witch

Hypernyms ("crone" is a kind of...):

old woman (a woman who is old)


 Context examples 


The old crone "nichered" a laugh under her bonnet and bandage; she then drew out a short black pipe, and lighting it began to smoke.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)



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