variants or beldame
as in witch
a mean or ugly old woman knocking on the beldam's door on Halloween was once an annual ritual for the kids in the neighborhood

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Noun
  • Disney is taking another step into the YA space with its newest series pickup. Disney+ and Disney Channel have greenlit Coven Academy, a dramedy about a group of young witches in New Orleans.
    Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 2025
  • The bright green appearance conjures images of everyone’s favorite acid-tone wicked witch.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Though the character is traditionally played as a cackling crone, she'll be glammed up for Wednesday.
    EW.com, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Today, there are 12 practitioners at Tea & Tarot that do a variety of things including Akashic records, tea leaf readings, angel numbers and numerology, herbal facials, tarot, herbal tarot, crone magic, astrology, mediumship and animal communication.
    Sarah Kyrcz, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2025
Noun
  • On the flipside is the hag: unattractive, withered and unpleasant.
    Chi Varnado, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Aug. 2025
  • But any kinship with the master storyteller dissolves when the movie makes an abrupt swerve midway into witchy hag horror but fails to bolster that turn with compelling mythology.
    David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Aug. 2025
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“Beldam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beldam. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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