English

Noun

Hiren ‎(plural Hirens)

1. (rare) A seductive woman; a courtesan.
   • 1600, William Shakespeare, King Henry IV Part 2, II.4:

     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.