Definition of crones:
(n) :
An ugly, evil-looking, or frightening old woman; a hag.
(n) :
An archetypal figure, a wise woman.
(n) :
(archaic) An old woman.
(n) :
(obsolete) An old man, especially one who talks and acts like an old woman.
(n) :
(obsolete) An old ewe.
(n) :
(Wicca) One of the triune goddesses of the Lady in Wicca alongside the Mother and Maiden, representing an old woman.