Zone1 What does it mean for british to call someone a goat?

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goat noun 1 any of numerous species of herbivorous mammal, noted for its physical agility and sure-footedness. The males have tufty beards on their lower jaws. Domesticated goats are kept for their milk and meat. See also billy goat, nanny goat, kid1 noun 2, caprine. 2 derog colloq a man, especially an old one, who makes unwanted sexual advances to women. 3 derog, colloq a foolish person. 4 (the Goat) the constellation and sign of the zodiac Capricorn. get someone's goat colloq to annoy or irritate them.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon gat.
 
Numbers 2 and 3 looks like the ones you're after...

goat noun 1 any of numerous species of herbivorous mammal, noted for its physical agility and sure-footedness. The males have tufty beards on their lower jaws. Domesticated goats are kept for their milk and meat. See also billy goat, nanny goat, kid1 noun 2, caprine. 2 derog colloq a man, especially an old one, who makes unwanted sexual advances to women. 3 derog, colloq a foolish person. 4 (the Goat) the constellation and sign of the zodiac Capricorn. get someone's goat colloq to annoy or irritate them.
ETYMOLOGY: Anglo-Saxon gat.
Makes sense now thanks
 
I know that a goat is a animal but why to call a man a goat does this have any deeper meaning?

Lily Phillips called me 'fat goat'.
Maybe that’s just what she calls all the creepy guys who stalk her online?
 

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