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
  • Long-suffering Mariners fans are doing everything in their power to will this team to a Game 6 win — Etsy witches and rally shoes included.
    Alex Kirshner, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Novak stars as Gillian, a chic Greenwich Village witch in the Beatnik era who owns an odd art gallery, has an unusual black cat, and uses magic to woo her neighbor (Stewart).
    Gwen Ihnat, Entertainment Weekly, 18 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Lisa is dancing the Godmother, a kind of a midwife crone who puts other people before herself, always beside them.
    Guillermo Perez, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Though the character is traditionally played as a cackling crone, she'll be glammed up for Wednesday.
    EW.com, EW.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Rather than hang out with the two old hags, Cherry decides to try her luck on the stand-up paddleboards with Brigitte and Daniel, but quickly loses her balance.
    Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2025
  • But when the island’s prince is kidnapped, an unlikely alliance of an ogre, hag, wizard and fey will have only days to sneak around London to save him.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2025
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“Beldam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beldam. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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