Crone and Sorceress

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Crone noun - A mean or ugly old woman.

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Sorceress and crone are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sorceress" instead a noun "Crone".

Nearby Words: crony, Cronus

Sorceress noun - A woman believed to have often harmful supernatural powers.

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Crone and sorceress are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Crone" instead a noun "Sorceress".

Nearby Words: sorcery, sorcerer

In The Last Witch Hunter, when Chloe destroys Danique's youth charm, the Femme Fatale sorceress quickly turns into an old crone.

Source: No Immortal Inertia
Circe is initially a wizened crone, but consuming ten drops of Hercules' blood (which confers his mythic strength to him) de-ages her to a beautiful sorceress.

Source: Film / Hercules (1983)
Slayers: Princess Amelia, a just young woman with clear-cut morals is the maiden, Lina, an intelligent yet short-tempered sorceress, is the mother, and Milina, a snarky, cold mercenary, is the crone.

Source: The Hecate Sisters

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