Hiren

H4I1R1E1N1

noun

A seductive woman; a courtesan.

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Meanings

nounHiren (plural Hirens)

plural Hirens

  1. rareA seductive woman; a courtesan.

    Pistol. Haue we not Hiren here? / Host. On my word Captaine there's none such here.

    c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene iv]
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    What a number of these Sirens, Hirens, Cockatrices, Courtezans, in plaine English, Harlots, swimme amongst vs!

    1615, Thomas Adams, Sprituall Navigator

    I summoned all the twenty hirens of the house (including the sweet-lipped, glossy chinned darling) into my resurrected presence.

    1969, Vladimir Nabokov, Ada or Ardor, Penguin, published 2011, page 275

Origin

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.

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APA

Hiren. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hiren

MLA

“Hiren.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Hiren. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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