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cougarship en · NOUN

Etymology

From cougar + -ship, likely after the pattern of lordship.

Meanings

1. (dated, humorous, rare, with "his") A male cougar viewed as the ruler of its habitat.
   • I expected I had been dressing meat for his cougarship, but as I had no horse to back the deer into camp, was obliged to "trust to luck," and started for camp by a short cut, and found I was continually "cut off" by beaver dams, and after a circuit of three miles reached camp and found my companions were a little uneasy because I had not put in an appearance earlier. 1874 April 25, J. H. Batty, “The Felis Concolor, Or Panther”, in The Sportsman, volume 4, number 4, page 51:
   • The footprints were only a few inches apart, and his cougarship had carried himself so low that his body had dragged in the snow and left a deep furrow behind. 1902, William Davenport Hulbert, Forest Neighbors: Life Stories of Wild Animals, pages 114-115:
   • His cougarship was not pleased with the light, and immediately started for the open doorway, keeping his glaring eyes the while upon the lighted lamp. 1903, A. Atwood, Glimpses in Pioneer Life on Puget Sound, page 222:

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