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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 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, ”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :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, published 2011, page 275:I summoned all the twenty hirens of the house (including the sweet-lipped, glossy chinned darling) into my resurrected presence.
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