In Roman mythology, a rural god, often depicted as a creature with the body of a man and the legs and horns of a goat. The Greek equivalent is satyr.

1. A young deer: Sally suddenly saw an unweaned fawn in the tall grass and it was less than a year old.
2. Etymology: from Old French faon, "young animal"; from Vulgar Latin fetonem, accusative of feto, from Latin fetus, "an offspring".

The following fawn, fawning definitions as a verb are not related etymologically to the above fawn:

1. To seek attention or to try to win favor by flattery and obsequious behavior: The dog was fawning all over him when he came home from work.
2. To attempt to please someone by showing enthusiastic affection: Little Susi was fawning on her mother and doing little chores voluntarily because she wanted to have an ice cream later on that day.
3. Etymology: from Old English fagnian, "rejoice"; from fægen, "glad"; used in Middle English to refer to expressions of delight, especially a dog wagging its tail, hence "to act slavishly".