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crone

noun

ˈkrōn

Definition of crone next

as in hag

a mean or ugly old woman a run-down house that was inhabited by a cantankerous crone who kept to herself

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Recent Examples of crone The family had only one inside servant, Mai Viro, an ancient crone with a bead of sweat perpetually on her upper lip, who washed and carried and ruled the household from the kitchen and might in her sleep have pedalled a generator to provide electricity, if that had been required. —

Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025 There on the bare table sat Sister Wang, naked, like a crone from a tale. —

Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025 Though the character is traditionally played as a cackling crone, she'll be glammed up for Wednesday. —

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 See All Example Sentences for crone

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Noun

Ah, the famous and epic love between an up-and-coming designer and his hag.

— Emma Specter, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2026
The regulars fired at them with a booming 12-pounder that made the American boys lift their knees like old hags, trip and founder as tentacles of water dragged them under.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Jan. 2026