Meaning of Sylvan | Babel Free

Definitions

1. One who resides in the woods.
2. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
3. A fabled deity of the wood; a faun, a satyr.
4. A place name:
   countable, uncountable
5. A community in North Middlesex municipality, Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada.
   countable, uncountable
6. A ghost town in Panther Creek Township, Cass County, Illinois, United States.
   countable, uncountable
7. A township in Osceola County, Michigan, United States.
   countable, uncountable
8. A township in Washtenaw County, Michigan.
   countable, uncountable
9. A township in Cass County, Minnesota, United States, named after Sylvan Lake.
   countable, uncountable
10. A town and unincorporated community therein, in Richland County, Wisconsin, United States.
    countable, uncountable

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Examples

“[H]e hurried to a masquerade-warehouse in Westminster, where he selected the garb of a sylvan, or a man of the woods, together with a guitar, which he entrusted to a porter, bidding him accompany then to St. James's Park. / "But what connexion is there between a sylvan and a French song accompanied by the guitar?" asked Jocelyn, as they paced rapidly along. / "None whatever," replied his companion, "and, therefore, the better for our purpose. The King has long lost taste for that which is appropriate: to be pleased he must be surprised, and this can only be effected by some absurdity; the more preposterous the more likely to succeed."”

“And ſeeing it is ſo generall a report, and ſo many auerre it eyther from their owne triall or from others, that are of indubitable honeſtie and credite, that the Syluanes and Fawnes, commonly called Incubi, haue often iniured women, deſiring and acting carnally with them: […]”

“214. A Revel and Sacrifice to Pan. The frequent repetition of these subjects shows how deeply the artist's mind was imbued with the love of sylvan rites and ceremonies, characteristic of the fabled golden age, when "In wanton dance they praise the bounteous Pan." […] [N]ear to her are a nymph and a faun sitting together; the attention of the former is at the moment attracted by a sylvan, who is dragging a goat by the leg; […]”

“Her private orchards, walled on every side, / To lawless sylvans all access denied. / How oft the satyrs and the wanton fawns, / Who haunt the forests, or frequent the lawns, / The god whose ensign scares the birds of prey, / And old Silenus, youthful in decay, / Employed their wiles and unavailing care / To pass the fences, and surprise the fair!”

“The sylvans who guarded the palace were bearded buffoons, lazy and stupid but fierce. Without the help of the Silenus, prefect of the satyrs, the cocky satyrs may have fought with the sylvans.”

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