panter

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/ˈpæntə(ɹ)/

noun

One who pants.

OriginEnglish pant ← Middle English panten →
UncommonScrabble 8
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Meanings

panter1

nounpanter (plural panters)

plural panters

  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
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    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

panter2

nounpanter (plural panters)

plural panters

  1. obsoleteA 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

panter3

nounpanter (plural panters)

plural panters

  1. obsoleteObsolete form of panther.

Panter4

proper nounPanter (plural Panters)

plural Panters

  1. A surname from Middle English.

Origin

panter · noun

  1. Middle Englishpanten
  2. Englishpant
  3. Englishpanter

From pant + -er.

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panter · noun

  1. Old Frenchpanetier
  2. Middle Englishpanter“pantler”
  3. Englishpanter

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

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Panter · proper noun

  1. Middle Englishpanter“manager of the pantry and food”
  2. EnglishPanter

An occupational surname, from Middle English panter (“manager of the pantry and food”).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with panter

bantercantorcanterchanterantre
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Anagrams

parententrappartenarpentpretanenrapttrepan
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APA

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MLA

“panter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panter. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “panter,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/panter.

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