Cochise1
[koh-chees]
- of, relating to, or characteristic of a prehistoric American Indian culture of southeastern Arizona, dating from around 9000 b.c.
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Origin of Cochise1
named after Cochise County, Arizona
Cochise2
[koh-chees]
- c1815–74, a chief of the Chiricahua Apaches.
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Contemporary Examples
He was no Cochise or Mangas Coloradas—the two great Apache war chiefs he fought under.
Ivie, who was with the Border Patrol for four years, worked in Cochise County, which sits in the pathway of the drug war.
In the border area of Cochise County, there is a large fence near Naco and another fence 25 miles east at Douglas.
Historical Examples
And finally Cochise asked the old-timer whether he believed in a hereafter.
When the West Was YoungFrederick R. Bechdolt
Cochise was too much for them to handle and that was all there was about it.
When the West Was YoungFrederick R. Bechdolt
The tribe had always roved over the country which Cochise named.
When the West Was YoungFrederick R. Bechdolt
Cochise learned from him and in time surpassed him as a general.
When the West Was YoungFrederick R. Bechdolt
Then he set forth one day to pay a visit to Cochise in person.
When the West Was YoungFrederick R. Bechdolt
Cochise
- died 1874, Apache Indian chief
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Word Origin and History for cochise
Cochise
(c.1815-1874), leader of the Chiricahua Apache people; his name is Athabaskan, perhaps from chizh "firewood" (cf. ko-chizh "his firewood"), or from ch'izhi "the rough one."
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