PANTHER Meaning of PANTHER in English ■ noun1》 a leopard, especially a black one. 2》 N. Amer. a puma or a jaguar.OriginME: from OFr. pantere , from L. ~a , from Gk panthēr . Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004