faun

Noun

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
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

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]

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