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syren

syren is the obsolete form of siren.

Meaning of siren

Noun

siren (plural sirens or sirenes)

  1. (Greek) One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
    • Now give ear to what I'm about to say to you, / and a god himself will bring it before your mind. / First, you will come to the Sirens. / These beings enthrall all men who arrive before them. […]2008 October 7, Homer, The Odyssey, North Atlantic Books, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 278
  2. One who sings sweetly and charms.
    Synonyms:
    crooner
  3. A dangerously seductive woman.
    Synonyms:
    vamp
  4. A member of Sirenia, an order of mammals.
    Synonyms:
    sirenian
  5. A member of a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae, commonly used for all species in the family Sirenidae.
  6. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Hestina.

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Forms of syren

pluralsyrens

Questions about syren

What is syren the obsolete form of?
Syren is the obsolete form of siren.

Words near syren in the dictionary

  1. syrang
  2. syrangs
  3. Syrastrene
  4. syre
  5. syred
  6. syren
  7. syrens
  8. syres
  9. Syrets
  10. syrette
  11. syrettes

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