Crone
[krohn] /kroʊn/
noun
1.
a withered, witchlike old woman.
/krəʊn/
noun
1.
a witchlike old woman
n.
late 14c., from Anglo-French carogne, from Old North French carogne, term of abuse for a cantankerous or withered woman, literally “carrion,” from Vulgar Latin *caronia (see carrion).
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