Har″ri‐dan (hăr″rĭ‐dan), n. [F. haridelle a worn-out horse, jade.] A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag.
Such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan, substituted for the pretty creature I had been used to see. De Quincey.
Webster's Dictionary 1913
Har″ri‐dan (hăr″rĭ‐dan), n. [F. haridelle a worn-out horse, jade.] A worn-out strumpet; a vixenish woman; a hag.
Such a weak, watery, wicked old harridan, substituted for the pretty creature I had been used to see. De Quincey.