Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fawn \Fawn\, n.
   A servile cringe or bow; mean flattery; sycophancy. --Shak.

Fawn \Fawn\, n. [OF. faon the young one of any beast, a fawn, F.
   faon a fawn, for fedon, fr. L. fetus. See {Fetus}.]
   1. (Zo["o]l.) A young deer; a buck or doe of the first year.
      See {Buck}.

   2. The young of an animal; a whelp. [Obs.]

            [The tigress] . . . followeth . . . after her fawns.
                                                  --Holland.

   3. A fawn color.

Fawn \Fawn\, a.
   Of the color of a fawn; fawn-colored.

Fawn \Fawn\, v. i. [Cf. F. faonner.]
   To bring forth a fawn.

Fawn \Fawn\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fawned}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Fawning}.] [OE. fawnen, fainen, fagnien, to rejoice,
   welcome, flatter, AS. f[ae]gnian to rejoice; akin to Icel.
   fagna to rejoice, welcome. See {Fain}.]
   To court favor by low cringing, frisking, etc., as a dog; to
   flatter meanly; -- often followed by on or upon.

         You showed your teeth like apes, and fawned like
         hounds.                                  --Shak.

         Thou with trembling fear, Or like a fawning parasite,
         obeyest.                                 --Milton.

         Courtiers who fawn on a master while they betray him.
                                                  --Macaulay.

Source : WordNet®

fawn
     n 1: a color varying around light grayish brown; "she wore a dun
          raincoat" [syn: {dun}, {grayish brown}, {greyish brown}]
     2: young deer
     v 1: show submission or fear [syn: {crawl}, {creep}, {cringe}, {cower},
           {grovel}]
     2: try to gain favor by cringing or flattering; "He is always
        kowtowing to his boss" [syn: {toady}, {truckle}, {bootlick},
         {kowtow}, {kotow}, {suck up}]
     3: have fawns; "deer fawn"