Definition of "syren" []

• Archaic form of siren. (noun)

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• "Like another syren, she seemed to have enchanted him to this fatal island to charm and to destroy."
• "He retired therefore to his cell, to try how far psalmody might be able to drive off the sounds of the syren tune which haunted his memory."
• "And now you will not wonder to find Miss Bell an implacable rival, rather than an affectionate sister; and will be able to account for the words witchcraft, syren, and such like, thrown out against you; and for her driving on for a fixed day for sacrificing you to Solmes: in short, for her rudeness and violence of every kind."