Cougar

Origin

French cougar, from Brazilian Portuguese suçuarana, perhaps from (suasuarana ("deerlike animal"), from suasú ("deer"); compare sɨwasuarána ("cervine")) or perhaps form Guarani (guaçuara).

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Full definition of cougar

Noun

1. A mountain lion; Puma concolor.
2. (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 female “sexual predator”.A cougar approached Warren at the Palomino Club and asked for a dance.

Synonyms

• (Puma concolor) catamount, catamountain, mountain lion, painter, panther, puma

Hypernyms

• (middle-aged person who seeks younger partners) cradle robber, cradle snatcher

Hyponyms

• (Puma concolor) Florida panther a subspecies of mountain lion

Coordinate terms

• (middle-aged woman who seeks younger partners) manther