apache

Definition of Apache in English :

Noun

1. apache

any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma

2. apache

a Parisian gangster

3. apache

the language of the Apache

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Apache

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noun

1. Word forms: plural Apaches or Apache

a member of a Native American people, formerly nomadic and warlike, inhabiting the southwestern US and N Mexico

2.

the language of this people, belonging to the Athapascan group of the Na-Dene phylum

noun

a Parisian gangster or ruffian

Apache

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noun

1. Word forms: plural Aˈpaches or Aˈpache

a member of a group of North American Indian peoples of the SW U.S. and N Mexico

2.

any of several Athabaskan languages and dialects spoken by these peoples

nounWord forms: plural aˈpaches (əˈpæʃɪz ; əpashˈiz; əˈpɑʃɪz ; əpäshˈiz; French aˈpaʃ ; ȧpȧshˈ)

1.

a gangster or thug of Paris

adjective

2.

designating a dance, performed typically as an exhibition in cabarets, that represents an apache handling his girl in a brutal, masterful way

Apache

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n. pl. Apache or A·pach·es

1. A member of a Native American people inhabiting the southwest United States and northern Mexico. Various Apache tribes offered strong resistance to encroachment on their territory in the latter half of the 19th century. Present-day Apache populations are located in Arizona, New Mexico, and Oklahoma.

2. Any of the Apachean languages of the Apache.

n. pl. a·paches (ə-păsh, ä-päsh)

A member of the Parisian underworld.

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