crone /(krōn)/

crone

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