Har'ri·dan (hăr'rĭ*d a n) noun [ French 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. Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/H/16