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Comanche
[ kuh-man-chee, koh- ]
noun
- a member of a Shoshonean tribe, the only tribe of the group living entirely on the Plains, formerly ranging from Wyoming to Texas, now in Oklahoma.
- the dialect of Shoshone spoken by the Comanche.
Comanche
/ kəˈmæntʃɪ /
noun
- -ches-che a member of a Native American people, formerly ranging from the River Platte to the Mexican border, now living in Oklahoma
- the language of this people, belonging to the Shoshonean subfamily of the Uto-Aztecan family
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Comanche1
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Example Sentences
In the case of the Comanche, it turned out that even the Army did not want a radar-stealthy helicopter.
Her weathered, darkened skin and bulky build advertised the separate life she had lived as a Comanche wife and mother.
He was coming like a house afire, his long hair blowing out behind him, and he was howling like a Comanche.
The strangers were eighty Comanche warriors, with the grand chief of the tribe at their head.
Bourgmont pitched his tents at a pistol-shot from the Comanche lodges, whence a crowd of warriors presently came to visit him.
And he offered Bourgmont, in case of need, the aid of his two thousand Comanche warriors.
For, centuries ago a Shoshone and a Comanche stopped here on their return from a hunt to drink.
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