silvan
- noun
- /ˈsɪlvən/
- Literature
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silvano
Examples
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I do not think you would allow your son... ...to pledge himself to a lowly Silvan Elf.
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Hans often recalled his pre-war years in America as "the happy thirties" (see Silvan Schweber's article on page 38).
Academic text (2005) -
Shame, of course, is one of the basic affects that Silvan Tomkins identifies in the first volume of Affect Imagery Consciousness, widely regarded as the cornerstone of modern affect theory.
Academic text (2017) -
I'd like to believe that President Barack Obama's re-election means nothing significant for U.S.-Israel relations, since "all Democratic and Republican presidents over the past four decades have been solidly pro-Israel," as Deputy Prime Minister Silvan Shalom argued on Israel Radio this morning.
Blog text (6) -
In mythology, a silvan spirit often guards the secrets of the forest.
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The tale spoke of a silvan deity who protected the ancient trees and their inhabitants.
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The characters in the story often sought the help of a silvan spirit to navigate through the enchanted woods.
Synonyms
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A spirit that lives in and protects a forest
A spirit who lives in forests and protects the trees
Surface Forms
Etymology
As a noun, silvan also comes from Latin silva, 'wood' or 'forest', and was used for spirits of the woods. So a silvan is imagined as a spirit or guardian 'of the woods', which is why stories link them to trees and wild places.