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 

• SILVAN (noun)

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)

• SILVAN (adjective)

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)