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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 woman
Familiarity information: CRONE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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