Comanche

[kuh-man-chee, koh-]

noun

plural

Comanches ,

plural

Comanche .

1. 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.

2. the dialect of Shoshone spoken by the Comanche.

Comanche

/ kəˈmæntʃɪ /

noun

1. a member of a Native American people, formerly ranging from the River Platte to the Mexican border, now living in Oklahoma

2. the language of this people, belonging to the Shoshonean subfamily of the Uto-Aztecan family

Word History and Origins

Origin of Comanche¹

An Americanism first recorded in 1800–10; from Colonial Spanish, from Southern Paiute kɨmmanci-, as in kɨmmanciŋwṫ “strangers, Shoshones”; or from a related word in another Numic language

Example Sentences

“Prey” gave us an 18th-century Comanche woman, Naru, who beat her tribe’s hunter from beyond the stars with the same ingenuity that Dutch employed.

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The movie is also a work of meticulous creative precision top to bottom, starting with director Dan Trachtenberg’s decision to shoot the film in versions featuring the English language and the Comanche language.

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Denali, exiled from the Comanche tribe, becomes a personal assassin to the tycoon, and is seen firing arrows and in hand-to-hand combat.

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Anaheim Canyon 57, San Gabriel Academy 53: Playing at the Intuit Dome, the Comanches won in overtime behind clutch free throws from Brandon Benjamin.

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Anaheim Canyon 74, Arizona Ironwood 47: Brandon Benjamin scored 34 points for the Comanches.

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