Black Panther

noun

plural Black Panthers
: a member of a Black revolutionary organization that fought for racial equality and justice in the United States from 1966 to 1982

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Shakur later joined the Black Panther offshoot group, the Black Liberation Army, and started using the name Assata Olugbala Shakur in 1971. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 26 Sep. 2025 Melissa James Gibson, who previously worked on House of Cards and The Americans, created and executive-produced the miniseries, and American Symphony filmmaker and Black Panther cinematographer Rachel Morrison is among the show's directors. Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Sep. 2025 The internet taught me about fourth-wave feminism and the #MeToo movement, about the Black Panther Party and police brutality, about politics and global wars. Padma Balaji, Mercury News, 11 Sep. 2025 Or even big-budget films along the lines of Black Panther? Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for Black Panther

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First Known Use

1965, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Black Panther was in 1965

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“Black Panther.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Black%20Panther. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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