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HARRIDAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does harridan mean?
• HARRIDAN (noun)
The noun HARRIDAN has 1 sense:
1. a scolding (even vicious) old woman
Familiarity information: HARRIDAN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A scolding (even vicious) old woman
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("harridan" is a kind of...):
common scold; nag; nagger; scold; scolder (someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault)
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