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Panther may refer to:

Large cats[link]

• Panthera, the feline genus which contains lions, tigers, leopards and jaguars
• Panther (in Africa and Asia), the leopard (Panthera pardus)
• Panther (in North America), the cougar or mountain lion (Puma concolor)
  • Florida panther, a subspecies of cougar (Puma concolor coryi or Puma concolor couguar) found in southern Florida
• Panther (in South and Central America), the jaguar (Panthera onca)
• Black panther, a black variant of leopard, jaguar or cougar
• White panther, a white or very pale variant of leopard, jaguar or cougar
• Panther (legendary creature), a mythical creature resembling a large multicolored cat

Aircraft[link]

• Eurocopter Panther, a helicopter based on the Eurocopter Dauphin
• Grumman F9F Panther, a jet fighter used by the US Navy in the Korean War
• PANTHER, the callsign for Falcon Air Express
• Rotec Panther, ultralight aircraft

Automotive[link]

• Chevrolet Panther, codename for the 1960s car that would eventually become the Chevrolet Camaro
• Panther (motorcycle)
• Ford Panther platform, a sedan automobile platform
• Isuzu Panther, a multi-purpose vehicle
• Panther Westwinds, a car manufacturer
• De Tomaso Pantera, an Italian sports car
• Leyland Panther, a 1960s British single-deck bus

Computing[link]

• DR DOS "Panther", the code-name of Novell's Novell DOS 7, a successor to Digital Research's DR DOS 6.0
• Mac OS X Panther, an operating system
• Panther (development tool), a Rapid Application Development toolset
• Panther Programming based on Scratch programming language by MIT

Media and entertainment[link]

• Panther (computer game)
• Panther Software, a Japanese video game company
• Panther (film)
• Panther (publisher), a publishing house specialising in paperback fiction
• Yoshikazu Yahiro, Japanese metal guitarist, known as Panther and formerly as Circuit.V.Panther
• Panthers (band)
• Steel Panther, an American glam metal band
• Pantera, an American metal band
• Panther Caroso, a character in the Star Fox video game series
• The Pink Panther, a series of British comedy films starring Peter Sellers
  • The Pink Panther (character), an animated character originating in the title sequence to The Pink Panther film
• "The Panther", a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke
• Patrick 'Panther' Spencer, running back/safety for the Nasa Aliens/Shuttles and most recently Team USA in the American Football manga Eyeshield 21
• The unpublished video game console Atari Panther

Military[link]

• Panther tank, used by Germany in World War II
• Iveco LMV, a small armoured vehicle supplied to the British Army branded as the BAE Panther
• RG-33, Medium Mine Protected Vehicle, supplied to the US Army as the BAE Panther

Political groups[link]

• Black Panther Party, a Black nationalist organization
• Gray Panthers, an American organization promoting senior citizens' rights
• White Panther Party, a political collective founded to support the Black Panthers
• Black Panthers (Israel), an Israeli protest movement
• Polynesian Panthers, political group in New Zealand

Ships[link]

• HMS Panther, the name of at least five ships of the Royal Navy
• USS Panther, two vessels of the United States Navy
• SMS Panther, a German gunboat which sparked the Agadir Crisis in 1911
• SS Panther, an Italian ferry in service 1962-68

Sports[link]

• Northern Iowa Panthers, University of Northern Iowa.
• Carolina Panthers, an American football team in the NFL
• Florida Panthers, an ice hockey team in the NHL
• Penrith Panthers, a rugby league team in the NRL
• Michigan Panthers, a former professional American football team
• The Panthers, nickname for Panionios, a sports club in Athens
• Blackpool Panthers, English rugby league team
• Embrun Panthers, Eastern Ontario Junior C Hockey League team
• Nottingham Panthers, an ice hockey club in the EIHL
• Wests Panthers, Australian rugby league team
• Middlebury Panthers, Middlebury College
• Milwaukee Panthers, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• Eastern Illinois Panthers, Eastern Illinois University
• FIU Golden Panthers, Florida International University
• Georgia State Panthers, Georgia State University
• Pittsburgh Panthers, University of Pittsburgh
• Lord Tweedsmuir Panthers, Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary School
• Chapman Panthers, Chapman High School (Inman, South Carolina)
• Midlothian Panthers, Midlothian High School (Texas)
• Pine View Panthers, Pine View High School
• Springboro Panthers, Springboro High School
• Palmetto Panthers, Miami Palmetto High School
• Morehead Panthers, John Motley Morehead High School, Eden, North Carolino
• The Panthers, Browning School, New York, NY
• Redmond Panthers, Redmond High School (Oregon)
• Lake City Panthers, Lake City High School (Lake City, South Carolina)
• Colleyville Heritage Panthers, Colleyville Heritage High School (Colleyville, Texas)
• Western Panthers Rugby Club, Bulawayo, Zimbabwe
• Düsseldorf Panther, an American football club from Düsseldorf, Germany
• Clear Fork Panthers, Clear Fork High School, Colcord, West Virginia
• Leigh Panthers, Leigh Community Schools (Nebraska)

See also[link]

• Black panther (disambiguation)
• Penther

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"The Man" is a slang phrase that may refer to the government or to some other authority in a position of power. In addition to this derogatory connotation, it may also serve as a term of respect and praise.

The phrase "the Man is keeping me down" is commonly used to describe oppression. The phrase "stick it to the Man" encourages resistance to authority, and essentially means "fight back" or "resist", either openly or via sabotage.^[1]

History[link]

The earliest recorded use^{[citation needed]} of the term "the Man" in the American sense dates back to a letter written by a young Alexander Hamilton in September 1772, when he was 15. In a letter to his father James Hamilton, published in the Royal Dutch-American Gazette, he described the response of the Dutch governor of St. Croix to a hurricane that raked that island on August 31, 1772. "Our General has issued several very salutary and humane regulations and both in his publick and private measures, has shewn himself the Man." ^{[2][dubious – discuss]} In the Southern U.S. states, the phrase came to be applied to any man or any group in a position of authority, or to authority in the abstract. From about the 1950s the phrase was also an underworld code word for police, the warden of a prison or other law enforcement or penal authorities.

It was also used as a term for a drug dealer in the 1950s and 1960s and can be seen in such media as Curtis Mayfield's "No Thing On Me", William Burroughs's novel Naked Lunch, and in the Velvet Underground song "I'm Waiting for the Man", in which Lou Reed sings about going to Uptown Manhattan, specifically Lexington Avenue and 125th Street, to buy heroin.

The use of this term was expanded to counterculture groups and their battles against authority, such as the Yippies, which, according to a May 19, 1969 article in U.S. News and World Report, had the "avowed aim ... to destroy 'The Man', their term for the present system of government". The term eventually found its way into humorous usage, such as in a December 1979 motorcycle ad from the magazine Easyriders which featured the tagline, "California residents: Add 6% sales tax for The Man."

In present day, the phrase has been popularized in commercials and cinema, featuring particularly prominently as a recurring motif in the 2003 film School of Rock.^[3][4][5][6]

Use as praise[link]

The term has also been used as an approbation or form of praise. This may refer to the recipient's status as the leader or authority within a particular context, or it might be assumed to be a shortened form of a phrase like "He is the man (who is in charge)." One example of this usage dates to 1879 when Otto von Bismarck commented, referring to Benjamin Disraeli's pre-eminent position at the Congress of Berlin, "The old Jew, he is the man."^{[7][dubious – discuss]}

In more modern usage, it can be a superlative compliment ("you da man!") indicating that the subject is currently standing out amongst his peers even though they have no special designation or rank, such as a basketball player who is performing better than the other players on the court. It can also be used as a genuine compliment with an implied, slightly exaggerated or sarcastic tone, usually indicating that the person has indeed impressed the speaker but by doing something relatively trivial.

See also[link]

• Absentee landlord
• Big Brother (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
• New World Order (conspiracy theory)
• Ruling class
• The Establishment
• Power elite
• Corrections officer
• YTMND

Notes[link]

References[link]

• Lighter, J.E. (Ed.). (1997). Random House Dictionary of American Slang. New York: Random House.