Faun Definition

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fauns
noun
Any of a class of minor Roman deities, usually represented as having the trunk of a man and the horns, pointed ears, tail, and hind legs of a goat.
Webster's New World

(obsolete) Plural form of fauna / Alternative form of faunae.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • man and goat
  • woodland deity
  • satyr

Other Word Forms of Faun

Noun

Singular:
faun
Plural:
fauns

Origin of Faun

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin Faunus Faunus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Faun Sentence Examples

  • It doesn't even hurt anymore!' 'I make all things new,' said the faun.

  • Unlike her sister fairies Tinker Bell, Rosetta, Faun and more, Vidia is selfish and mean.

  • Narnia is populated with delightful and magical characters, including the first resident Lucy meets, the faun Mr. Tumnus, with the torso of a human and the lower half of a goat.

  • There, she meets, Mr. Tumnus, a kindly faun, who tells her how the wicked White Witch has cursed Narnia with 100 years of an unending winter and no Christmas.

  • The Public Library building is Romanesque and elaborately ornamented; the building was presented to the city by James P. Baxter; in the library is the statue, by Benjamin Paul Akers (1825-1861), of the dead pearl-diver, well known from Hawthorne's description in The Marble Faun.

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Words Starting With

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