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noun any of the minor woodland deities who were companions of Dionysus (similar to the satyrs)
noun the chief satyr in the service of Bacchus; father of Dionysus; usually depicted as drunk and jolly and riding a donkey
originBorrowed from Latin Sīlēnus, from Ancient Greek Σῑληνός (Sīlēnós). Doublet of Silvanus.
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