| Kenneth G. Wilson (1923). The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993. |
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| faun, fawn (nn.) |
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| These homophones differ in both meaning and spelling: a faun is a figure in Roman myth, half man, half goat, something like a satyr (see SATIRE); a fawn is a very young deer, usually less than a year old. | 1 |
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| | | The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. Copyright © 1993 Columbia University Press. |
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