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panter en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /ˈpæntə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From pant + -er.

Meanings

1. One who pants.
   • Swiftly the gentle Charmer flies, / And to the tender Grief soft Air applies, / Which, warbling Mystic sounds, / Cements the bleeding Panter's Wounds. c. 1700, William Congreve, On Mrs. Arabella Hunt Singing:
   • Reputation—a mere barren reputation, that brings nothing with it, save a post obit bond on posterity—has lost its ancient value: and the panters after posthumous reputation are now closely confined to a few wrongheaded enthusiasts, […] 1840, Colburn's New Monthly Magazine and Humorist, volume 60, page 492:

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panter en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpæntə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From Middle English panter (“pantler”), paneter, from Old French panetier.

Meanings

1. (obsolete) A keeper of the pantry; a pantler.
   • as though all the bread be committed unto the panter a. 1536, William Tyndale, An Answer unto Sir Thomas More's Dialogue:

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panter en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈpæntə(ɹ)/

Meanings

1. (alt-of, obsolete) Obsolete form of panther.
   alt of panther

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