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Etymology 1
Blend of mother + panther
Noun
manther (plural manthers)
- (Canada, US, slang) A woman who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger men.
2010, Brian Griffin, The Trustafarian Handbook: A Field Guide to the Neo-Hippie Lifestyle Funded by Mom and Dad, Adams Media, published 2010, →ISBN, page 195:Cougars and manthers (which you should have heard of by now—or you can at least intuit) are always on the hunt for the energetic, supple, and naive.
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Etymology 2
Blend of man + panther
Noun
manther (plural manthers)
- (Canada, US, slang) A man who actively seeks the casual, often sexual, companionship of younger women.
2011, Dennis J. Stevens, Wicked Women: A Journey of Super Predators, iUniverse, published 2011, →ISBN, page 50:“Jolo was a dick magnet but preferred manthers (older men who preyed on younger women) who spend lots of cash on her and me.”
2012 April 20, “Picks of the week”, in Vancouver Courier, page A37:All of these questions and more will be answered when Loverboy unleashes its well-oiled, classic rock canon on a sea of sweaty cougars and manthers grinding against one another to “Turn Me Loose,” April 21 at the Commodore.
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