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crone

n.
US //ˈkɹoʊn// UK //kɹˈəʊn// crone Archaic
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Origin

From Middle English crone, from Anglo-Norman carogne (compare central Old French charogne (a term of abuse, literally “carrion, carcass, old sheep, hag”), whence modern French charogne). Doublet of carrion.

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