Main Entry: Co·man·che

Pronunciation: \kə-ˈman-chē\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural Comanche or Comanches

Etymology: American Spanish, from Southern Paiute ki̵mmanciŋʷi̵ Shoshones, strangers

Date: 1806

1 : a member of an American Indian people ranging from Wyoming and Nebraska south into New Mexico and northwestern Texas
2 : the Uto-Aztecan language of the Comanche people