crone
crone is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 23 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.An old woman; -- usually in contempt. But still the crone was constant to her note. Dryden.
- 2.An old man; especially, a man who talks and acts like an old woman. [R.] The old crone [a negro man] lived in a hovel, . . . which his master had given him. W. Irving. A few old battered crones of office. Beaconsfield.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- centenarian
- dotard
- gaffer
- gammer
- grandam
- grandfather
- grandsire
- graybeard
- man
- nonagenarian
- octogenarian
- old
- pantaloon
- paternity
- patriarch
- preadamite
- seer
- sexagenarian
- stage
- stager
- superfluous
- the
- veteran
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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