Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed ears and a goat's tail;
equivalent to Greek satyr;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Faun \Faun\, n. [L. Faunus, fr. favere to be favorable. See
Favor.] (Rom. Myth.)
A god of fields and shepherds, diddering little from the
satyr. The fauns are usually represented as half goat and
half man.
[1913 Webster]
Satyr or Faun, or Sylvan. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
faun
n 1: ancient Italian deity in human shape, with horns, pointed
ears and a goat's tail; equivalent to Greek satyr
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
18 Moby Thesaurus words for "faun":
Cailleac, Faunus, Pan, Priapus, Vidar, Vitharr, corn spirit,
fertility god, field spirit, forest god, panisc, panisca, paniscus,
satyr, silenus, sylvan deity, the goat god, vegetation spirit