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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There's more to Africa than Black Panther on Disney+. PC Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025 Fred Hampton Field: Revolutionary Organizing At 21, Fred Hampton led the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party and built the original Rainbow Coalition, aligning poor Black, Latino and white communities against systemic inequality. Sughnen Yongo, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025 Fast forward to the present day, the film is now the Black Panther filmmaker’s second cultural phenomenon, sporting the decade’s strongest reviews from critics and audiences, as well as the biggest opening weekend ($48 million) for an original film in the 2020s. Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 23 Apr. 2025 Göransson was the producer behind the twee plushness of early Childish Gambino records; complementary interests in hip-hop, musicology, and orchestration informed his work for Black Panther. Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 22 Apr. 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 30 Apr. 2025.

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