panther
1 Americannoun
plural
panthers,plural
panther-
the cougar or puma, Felis concolor.
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the leopard, Panthera pardus.
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any leopard in the black color phase.
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a very fierce person.
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Military. Panther, a 43-ton (39-metric ton) German tank of World War II with a 75 mm gun as its main armament.
adjective
noun
noun
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another name for the leopard, esp the black variety, which is known as the black panther
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any of various related animals, esp the puma
Etymology
Origin of panther1
First recorded before 1000; from Latin panthēra, from Greek pánthēr; replacing Middle English pantere (from Old French, from Latin ) and Old English pandher (from Latin )
Origin of Panther2
First recorded in 1965–70
Example Sentences
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Then he took out after Glenn, springing like a panther across the yard.
From Literature
Hedda paces around the villa, sketched with modernist spareness by scenic designer Mark Wendland, like a panther in a gold-plated cage.
From Los Angeles Times
“Because it looks like a panther’s head. You know—they’re mythical— black, with claws—they run as fast as the wind? You must have heard of them.”
From Literature
The truth was, he didn’t really think Bisa looked like a panther.
From Literature
It featured a female panther resting its paws on a severed head, and was probably attached to the body of a carriage or wagon or to the yoke, which hitched draught animals to the vehicle.
From BBC
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