[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

crone \crone\ kr=on, n. od. kronie, karonie, an old sheep,
   of. carogne, f. charogne, carrion also f. carogne
   ill-natured woman.. see carrion, and crony.
   1. an old ewe. obs. --tusser.
      1913 webster

   2. an old woman; -- usually in contempt.
      1913 webster

            but still the crone was constant to her note.
                                                  --dryden.
      1913 webster

   3. an old man; especially, a man who talks and acts like an
      old woman. r.
      1913 webster

            the old crone a negro man lived in a hovel, . . .
            which his master had given him.       --w. irving.
      1913 webster

            a few old battered crones of office.  --beaconsfield.
      1913 webster
see also:
carrion crony 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

crone
     n : an ugly evil-looking old woman syn: hag, beldam, beldame,
          witch
see also:
hag beldam beldame witch 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

25 moby thesaurus words for "crone":
   bag, bat, beldam, biddy, dame, dowager, drab, frump, grandam,
   grandmother, granny, hag, old battle-ax, old dame, old girl,
   old granny, old lady, old trot, old wife, old woman, slattern,
   sloven, trot, war-horse, witch

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