From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Animalscougarcou‧gar /ˈkuːɡə, -ɡɑː $ -ɡər, -ɡɑːr/ noun [countable]1👁 Image of cougar HBAa large brown wildcat from the mountains of westernNorth America and South AmericaSYN mountain lion2American English informal an older woman in a romantic or sexual relationship with a younger manExamples from the Corpuscougar• These include the grizzly bear, cougar, wolverine, wolf, coyote, and bald and golden eagles.• Nothing was paved, little was fenced; the forests were full of cougars and the streams full of fish.• The measure is the latest chapter in a long battle over the status of the cougar in California.• In former times the cougar was more abundant than at present...• The cougarprevailed a little longer, though its bounty in Connecticut was last paid in 1769.• The cougar, however, still could be restored.Origincougar(1700-1800)Frenchcouguar, from Modern Latincuguacuarana, from Tupisuasuarana, from suasu“deer” + rana“false”
