crone

n.	1.	An old ewe.
	2.	An old woman; - usually in contempt. But still the crone was constant to her note. - Dryden.
	3.	An old man; especially, a man who talks and acts like an old woman. The old crone [a negro man] lived in a hovel, . . . which his master had given him. - W. Irving. A few old battered crones of office. - Beaconsfield.

Noun

1.

crone - an ugly evil-looking old woman Synonyms: beldam, beldame, hag, witch

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