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Cougar
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- 1 A wild feline, of species Puma concolor, native to the Americas.
"They are found in Brasil, Paraguay, and in the country of the Amazons; and there is reason to believe that the animal, described by some travellers, under the name of the Ocorome, in Peru, is the same as the cougar, as well as that in the country of the Iroquois, which has been considered as a tiger, thought it is neither striped like that animal, nor spotted like the panther."
- 2 A student or alumnus of the Washington State University. slang
"The most helpful part of having a Washington State MBA is using the Cougar connection. Boeing is the most common example; you can always find a Cougar at Boeing who is in the department you're interested in. Once a Coug always a Coug."
- 3 large American feline resembling a lion wordnet
- 4 An older woman who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger men, by implication a female “sexual predator”. Canada, US, derogatory, slang
"A cougar approached Warren at the Palomino Club and asked for a dance."
Etymology
From French couguar, from Portuguese cuguardo, a deformation of Brazilian Portuguese suçuarana (earlier çuçuarana), from Old Tupi sûasuarana.
In reference to the Washington State Cougars, one of the university's sports teams.
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