Definitions for: Harridan

[n] a scolding (even vicious) old woman

Webster (1913) Definition: Har"ri*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.

See Also: common scold, nag, nagger, scold, scolder