Meaning and Origin
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Origin and Meaning of Cougar
User Submitted Origins
English
67%
American
25%
Hebrew
8%
International Interest
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Cou"gar
An American feline quadruped (Felis concolor), resembling the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny, without spots; hence writers often called it the American lion. Called also puma panther mountain lion, and catamount. See Puma.
Etymology: F. couguar, from the native name in the South American dialects, cuguacuara cuguacuarana
Other Dictionary Sources
- Large American feline resembling a lion
Wiktionary
French cougar, from Brazilian Portuguese suçuarana, perhaps from Tupian (suasuarana (“deerlike animal”), from suasú (“deer”); compare sɨwasuarána (“cervine”)) or perhaps from Guaraní (guaçuara).
- A mountain lion; Puma concolor.
- (Canada, US, slang) An older woman who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger men, by implication a female “sexual predator”.
- A approached Warren at the Palomino Club and asked for a dance.