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An inhabitant of the woods; (a figure representing) a wild man; = woodwose, n. Obsolete.
A wild man of the woods; a satyr, faun; a person dressed to represent such a being in a pageant. Cf. wild man, n.
= woodwose, n., woodman, n.1 4.