panther

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From Middle English panter, panther, pantere, from Old French pantere, from Latin panthēra, from Ancient Greek πάνθηρ (pánthēr, “panther”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpænθɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpænθə/
• (Southern US, obsolete) IPA^(key): /ˈpæntə(ɹ)/, /ˈpeɪntə(ɹ)/^[1]

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panther (plural panthers)

1. Any of various big cats with black fur; most especially, the black-coated leopard of Africa and Asia.
2. Any big cat of the genus Panthera.
3. A cougar; especially the Florida panther.
4. (slang) A girl, especially a young one, who pursues older men.

   Antonyms: cougar, cradle robber, cub

5. (mythology, heraldry) A creature resembling a big cat, typically incensed (“emitting fire”), and often having a multicolored hide, found in Ancient Greek mythology and in medieval and later heraldry (in which its depiction sometimes approaches that of a horse).

• → Maori: panata
• → Welsh: panther

• “panther” in Collins English Dictionary, 12th edition, Glasgow: Collins, 2014, →ISBN; reproduced on TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2025.

• Penarth, parthen-

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• Hyphenation: pan‧ther

panther m (plural panthers, diminutive panthertje n)

1. obsolete form of panter

panther

1. alternative form of panter (“panther”)