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Word: Crone
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late Middle English: via Middle Dutch croonje, caroonje ‘carcass, old ewe’ from Old Northern French caroigne ‘carrion, cantankerous woman’ (see carrion)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
krəʊn
Dialects: British English
Definition:
an ugly old woman.
Short Definition:ugly old woman
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