crony : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: crony	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for crony
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
crony n a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities Synonym(s): buddy, brother, chum, crony, pal, sidekick
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crony \Cro"ny\ (kr?"n?), n.; pl. {Cronies} (-n[?]z). [Orig., an old woman. See {Crone}.] 1. A crone. [Obs.] [bd]Marry not an old crony.[b8] --Burton. 2. An intimate companion; a familiar frend. [Colloq.] He soon found his former cronies, though all rather the worse for the wear and tear of time. --W. Irving.