crone

[ krohn ]
See synonyms for crone on Thesaurus.com
noun
  1. a withered, witchlike old woman.

Origin of crone

1
1350–1400; Middle English <Middle Dutch croonie old ewe <Old North French caroniecarrion

Other words from crone

  • cronish, adjective

Words Nearby crone

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2024

How to use crone in a sentence

  • “Neither Mr. Myler nor Mr. crone told me that wrongdoing extended beyond Mr. Goodman or Mr. Mulcaire,” it said.

    Is James Murdoch Toast? | Brian Cathcart | September 7, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • A hideous old crone covered with rags knelt beside the Duchesss, who on leaving the church offered her holy water.

    Honey-Bee | Anatole France
  • You have learnt to sit behind the stove like an old crone, and to dangle at the apronstrings of the women.

    Skipper Worse | Alexander Lange Kielland
  • Then the crone smote her lean hands one within the other, and laughed like a sea-gull.

  • The sexton approached the old crone, and laid his hand with violence upon her shoulder.

    Rookwood | William Harrison Ainsworth
  • As her eyes got accustomed to the dim light, she saw the figures of two women, a boy, and an old crone sitting by a wood fire.

British Dictionary definitions for crone

crone

/ (krəʊn) /


noun
  1. a witchlike old woman

Origin of crone

1
C14: from Old Northern French carogne carrion, ultimately from Latin caro flesh

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012