Hiren

English

Etymology

From the name of a character in George Peele's The Turkish Mahamet and Hyrin the fair Greek; originally a version of the name Irene.

Noun

Hiren (plural Hirens)

(rare) A seductive woman; a courtesan.
- c. 1596–1599, William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene iv]:
  Pistol. Haue we not Hiren here? / Host. On my word Captaine there's none such here.
- 1615, Thomas Adams, Sprituall Navigator:
  What a number of these Sirens, Hirens, Cockatrices, Courtezans, in plaine English, Harlots, swimme amongst vs!
- 1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor (Penguin 2011), page 275:
  I summoned all the twenty hirens of the house (including the sweet-lipped, glossy chinned darling) into my resurrected presence.

Anagrams

Hiner, Rhine, rhein, rhine

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