apache

[ uh-pahsh, uh-pash; French a-pash ]

/ əˈpɑʃ, əˈpæʃ; French aˈpaʃ /

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noun, plural a·paches

[uh-pah-shiz, uh-pash-iz; French a-pash]. /əˈpɑ ʃɪz, əˈpæʃ ɪz; French aˈpaʃ/.

a Parisian gangster, rowdy, or ruffian.

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Origin of apache

1735–45, Americanism;<French: Apache

Words nearby apache

aoudad, Aouita, AP, apa, apace, apache, Apachean, apache dance, Apache plume, Apaches, Apalachee Bay

Other definitions for apache (2 of 2)

Apache

[ uh-pach-ee ]

/ əˈpætʃ i /

noun, plural A·pach·es, (especially collectively) A·pach·e for 1.

a member of an Athabascan people of the southwestern United States.

any of the several Athabascan languages of Arizona and the Rio Grande basin.

Military. a two-man U.S. Army helicopter designed to attack enemy armor with rockets or a 30mm gun and equipped for use in bad weather and in darkness.

adjective

of or relating to an Athabascan people of the southwestern United States or their language.

Origin of Apache

First recorded in 1915–20; from Mexican Spanish, perhaps from Zuni ʔa·paču “Navajos,” presumably applied formerly to the Apacheans (Navajos and Apaches) generally

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How to use apache in a sentence

The girl had collected plants from Oak Flat that have the “spirit of Chic’chil Bildagoteel,” the name of the sacred spot in the Apache language.
This land is sacred to the Apache, and they are fighting to save it|Dana Hedgpeth|April 12, 2021|Washington Post
In a lawsuit, John Welch, an expert in Apache anthropology, said there is no evidence that the United States “compensated the Apache treaty rights holders” for Oak Flat, even though a map from the 1800s shows it as land that belonged to the Apaches.
This land is sacred to the Apache, and they are fighting to save it|Dana Hedgpeth|April 12, 2021|Washington Post
Known as "the land of the standing-up rocks" by the Apache, Chiricahua National Monument was used as a hiding place by Cochise and Geronimo during the Apache Wars in the 1800s.
The Ultimate Guide to Arizona Public Lands|Outside Editors|April 1, 2021|Outside Online
Alternatively, if you want you can also download this fake Apache log file.
How SEOs can create a free server log dashboard to better understand incoming traffic to your website|Jean-Christophe Chouinard|August 3, 2020|Search Engine Land

If you don’t know what technology is on your servers, chances are they are using either Apache or Nginx.
How SEOs can create a free server log dashboard to better understand incoming traffic to your website|Jean-Christophe Chouinard|August 3, 2020|Search Engine Land
The whole operation used a series of brevity codes from the Indian Wars, and Jimbo was a quarter Apache.
I Shot Bin Laden|Elliot Ackerman|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Army, however, has deployed some AH-64 Apache gunships into Iraq to strike at ISIS from close in.
Air Force Pilots Say They're Flying Blind Against ISIS|Dave Majumdar|October 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Later, American settlers came to feel just the same way about this fierce Apache.
Mike Leach Tackles Geronimo the Motivational Murderer|James A. Warren|August 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Born in 1829 near the Gila River in what is now Arizona, the legendary Indian warrior Geronimo was a Chiracahua Apache.
Mike Leach Tackles Geronimo the Motivational Murderer|James A. Warren|August 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He was no Cochise or Mangas Coloradas—the two great Apache war chiefs he fought under.
Mike Leach Tackles Geronimo the Motivational Murderer|James A. Warren|August 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When the Apache tornado burst out of the cañon upon the train, Thurstane's first thought was, "Clara!"
Overland|John William De Forest
A practical-minded man, he preferred to owe the safety of his carcass to his rival rather than have it impaled on Apache lances.
Overland|John William De Forest
Little Sweeny, finding that his mule was being crowded by an Apache's horse, uttered some indignant yelps.
Overland|John William De Forest
Sweeny instantly fired, and brought down another Apache, quite accidentally.
Overland|John William De Forest
At that short distance Sweeny would hardly have missed; and the nearest Apache, leaning forward with outspread arms, fell dead.
Overland|John William De Forest

British Dictionary definitions for apache (1 of 2)

apache

/ (əˈpɑːʃ, -ˈpæʃ, French apaʃ) /

noun

a Parisian gangster or ruffian

Word Origin for apache

from French: Apache

British Dictionary definitions for apache (2 of 2)

Apache

/ (əˈpætʃɪ) /

noun

plural Apaches or Apache a member of a North American Indian people, formerly nomadic and warlike, inhabiting the southwestern US and N Mexico

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

Word Origin for Apache

from Mexican Spanish, probably from Zuñi Apachu, literally: enemy

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