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faun

a woodland deity

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fawn – a young deer; to court favor

faun

(fôn)

n. Roman Mythology

Any of numerous rural deities represented as having the body of a man and the horns, ears, tail, and sometimes legs of a goat.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin Faunus, Faunus.]

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faun

(fɔːn)

(Classical Myth & Legend) (in Roman legend) a rural deity represented as a man with a goat's ears, horns, tail, and hind legs

[C14: back formation from Faunes (plural), from Latin Faunus]

ˈfaunˌlike adj

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faun

(fɔn)

n.

any of a class of ancient Roman deities of the countryside, identified with the satyrs of Greek myth.

[1325–75; Middle English (< Old French faune) < Latin faunus; compare Faunus]

faun′like`, adj.

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faun - ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr

Roman deity - a deity worshipped by the ancient Romans

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faun

(foːn) noun

an imaginary creature, half man and half goat. fauno

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