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.
Origin of cougar
1765–75; <French couguar (Buffon) <New Latin cuguacu ara, apparently a misrepresentation of Guarani guaçu ara
The next day, our Department of Natural Resources, the wildlife service out here, actually went up to try to look for the cougar, and they said they couldn’t find anything.
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First they labeled me the “girlfriend,” then I was the “cougar girlfriend.”
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She cut her teeth first directing episodes of Cougar Town, about 10 in all.
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Despite the age difference, he seems to complement her perfectly, and you never get the sense that Imogene is a “cougar.”
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Harry has been focused on 'cougar' websites for women seeking toyboys, The Sun says.
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We felt assured that the Cougar was treed, and that he would rest for some time to recover from his fatigue.
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He had slain the bear and the buffalo, the wild cat and the cougar.
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Had the cougar got away, or was he still within the thicket?
The Hunters' Feast|Mayne Reid
The cougar (Felis concolor) is the only indigenous long-tailed cat in America north of the parallel of 30 degrees.
The Hunters' Feast|Mayne Reid
Moreover, when itself assailed by either dogs or men the cougar makes no aggressive fight.
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British Dictionary definitions for cougar
cougar
/ (ˈkuːɡə) /
noun
another name for puma
US and Canadianslanga 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 suasú deer + rana similar to