Fawn

Definitions

1. A servile cringe or bow.
   intransitive, rare
2. A young deer.
3. A pale brown colour tinted with yellow, like that of a fawn.
4. Base flattery.
   intransitive
5. The young of an animal; a whelp.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

“The city recently carried out a deer census, determining there are 313 stags (males), 798 does (females) and 214 fawns (babies) in Nara Park⟳.”

“she [the tigress] rageth upon the shore and the sands, for the losse of her fawnes”

CEFR level