おいらん

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Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of おいらん – see the following entry.
花魁
(archaic, slang) an oiran (elder courtesan in Edo-period Yoshiwara)
any high-ranking courtesan
a prostitute
(This term, おいらん (oiran), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)