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Definition of faun noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

faun

noun

/fɔːn/

/fɔːn/

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(in ancient Roman stories) a god of the woods, with a man’s face and body and a goat's legs and horns
Word Originlate Middle English: from the name of the pastoral god Faunus, who is associated with wooded places.

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