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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a scolding (even vicious) old woman; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Harridan \Har"ri*dan\ (h[a^]r"r[i^]*dan), n. [F. haridelle a
   worn-out horse, jade.]
   A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag.
   [1913 Webster]

         Such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan, substituted
         for the pretty creature I had been used to see. --De
                                                  Quincey.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

harridan
    n 1: a scolding (even vicious) old woman