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FOREST GOD
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Dictionary entry overview: What does forest god mean?
• FOREST GOD (noun)
The noun FOREST GOD has 1 sense:
1. one of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns
Familiarity information: FOREST GOD used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
One of a class of woodland deities; attendant on Bacchus; identified with Roman fauns
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
forest god; satyr
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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