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Comanche

noun Co·man·che \kə-ˈman-chē\

: a member of a Native American people of the southwestern U.S.

plural Comanche or Comanches

Full Definition of COMANCHE

: a member of an American Indian people ranging from Wyoming and Nebraska south into New Mexico and northwestern Texas

: the Uto-Aztecan language of the Comanche people

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American Spanish, from Southern Paiute k i̵mmanciŋʷ i̵ Shoshones, strangers

First Known Use: 1806

COMANCHES Defined for Kids

noun Co·man·che \kə-ˈman-chē\

plural Comanche or Co·man·ches

: a member of an American Indian people ranging from Wyoming and Nebraska into New Mexico and northwestern Texas

: the language of the Comanche people

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