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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Written by Drew Pearce (The Fall Guy, Iron Man 3), the new Thomas Crown will also star Kenneth Branagh (A Haunting in Venice), Lily Gladstone (Killers of the Flower Moon), Danai Gurira (Black Panther), Pilou Asbæk (Game of Thrones), and Aiysha Hart (Atlantis). Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025 Rethinking Schools’ text justifies much of the Black Panther Party’s mission, despite its members’ open calls for violent revolution against the United States and their many armed, and occasionally deadly, confrontations with law enforcement and rival activists. Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2025 First, there’s Sinners, a project that reunited her with Black Panther director Ryan Coogler. Leah Faye Cooper, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2025 Part of the programming within the Black Panther Party was the importance of Black history education. Taylor Cassidy, Time, 15 Oct. 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 26 Oct. 2025.

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