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cougar
[ koo-ger ]
/ Ëku gÉr /
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noun, plural cou·gars, (especially collectively) cou·gar.
Also called mountain lion, panther, puma . a large, tawny cat, Felis concolor, of North and South America: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas.
Informal. an older woman who seeks sexual relationships with much younger men: He's in his twenties, but he prefers cougars in their forties and fifties to young women his own age.
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Origin of cougar
1765â75; <French couguar (Buffon) <New Latin cuguacu ara, apparently a misrepresentation of Guarani guaçu ara
Words nearby cougar
coudé telescope, Coué, Couéism, Couette flow, cougan, cougar, cougar bait, cough, cough drop, Coughlin, cough mixture
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British Dictionary definitions for cougar
cougar
/ (ËkuËÉĄÉ) /
noun
another name for puma
US and Canadian slang a woman in her 30s or 40s who actively pursues casual sexual relationships with young men
Word Origin for cougar
C18: from French couguar, from Portuguese cuguardo, from Tupi suasuarana, literally: deerlike, from suasĂș deer + rana similar to
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