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SILVAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does silvan mean?
• SILVAN (noun)
The noun SILVAN has 1 sense:
1. a spirit that lives in or frequents the woods
Familiarity information: SILVAN used as a noun is very rare.
• SILVAN (adjective)
The adjective SILVAN has 1 sense:
1. relating to or characteristic of wooded regions
Familiarity information: SILVAN used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A spirit that lives in or frequents the woods
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
silvan; sylvan
Hypernyms ("silvan" is a kind of...):
disembodied spirit; spirit (any incorporeal supernatural being that can become visible (or audible) to human beings)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to or characteristic of wooded regions
Synonyms:
silvan; sylvan
Context example:
a shady sylvan glade
Similar:
wooded (covered with growing trees and bushes etc)
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