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Crone vs Beldame - What's the difference?

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Crone is a synonym of beldame.


In context|obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between crone and beldame

is that crone is (obsolete) an old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman while beldame is (obsolete) a grandmother.

As nouns the difference between crone and beldame

is that crone is (obsolete) an old woman while beldame is (obsolete) a grandmother.

crone

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (obsolete) An old woman.
  • * Dryden
    • But still the crone was constant to her note.
  • An archetypal figure, a Wise Woman.
  • An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag.
  • (obsolete) An old ewe.
    • (Tusser)
  • (obsolete) An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.
  • * Beaconsfield
    • A few old battered crones of office.
  • * Washington Irving
    • The old crone [a negro man] lived in a hovel which his master had given him.

    Synonyms

    * See also

    Anagrams

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    beldame

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A grandmother.
  • An old woman, particularly an ugly one.
  • * 1847 , (Charlotte Bronte), Jane Eyre :
  • *:... have a curiosity to hear my fortune told: therefore, Sam, order the beldame forward.
  • * 1982 , (TC Boyle), Water Music , Penguin 2006, p. 6:
    • Suddenly the beldam shrieks as if she's been stuck with a dagger, long rasping insuck of breath: ‘Eeeeeeeee!’

    Synonyms

    * (ugly woman) (l), (l), (l) * See also

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