FOREST GOD

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

One of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns

Synonyms:

forest god; satyr

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("forest god" is a kind of...):

Greek deity (a deity worshipped by the ancient Greeks)

Instance hyponyms:

Silenus (the chief satyr in the service of Bacchus; father of Dionysus; usually depicted as drunk and jolly and riding a donkey)

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