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Comanche

Pronunciation: /kəˈmantʃi/
Definition of Comanche

noun (plural same or Comanches)

  • 1a member of an American Indian people of the south-western US. The Comanche were among the first to acquire horses (from the Spanish) and resisted white settlers fiercely.
  • 2 [mass noun] the Uto-Aztecan language of the Comanche, now virtually extinct.

adjective

  • relating to the Comanche or their language.

Origin:

Spanish, from Comanche

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Definition of Comanche in the US English dictionary
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