cougar
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
French cougar, from Brazilian Portuguese suçuarana, perhaps from Tupian (suasuarana (“deerlike animal”), from suasú (“deer”); compare sɨwasuarána (“cervine”)) or perhaps form Guaraní (guaçuara).[1]
Noun [edit]
cougar (plural cougars)
- A mountain lion; Puma concolor.
- (North America, slang) A woman of middle age who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger men, typically less than 35 years old; by implication a “sexual predator”.
- A cougar approached Warren at the Palomino Club and asked for a dance.
Synonyms [edit]
- (Puma concolor): catamount, catamountain, mountain lion, painter, panther, puma
Hypernyms [edit]
- (middle-aged person who seeks younger partners): cradle robber, cradle snatcher
Hyponyms [edit]
- (Puma concolor): Florida panther (a subspecies of mountain lion)
Coordinate terms [edit]
- (middle-aged man who seeks younger partners): manther
Translations [edit]
Puma concolor
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slang: woman of middle age who seeks younger men
External links [edit]
Cougar on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Cougar (disambiguation)