Main Entry: Apache

Pronunciation: \ə-ˈpa-chē, in sense 3 ə-ˈpash\

Function: noun

Inflected Form(s): plural Apache or Apach·es \-ˈpa-chēz; -ˈpash, -ˈpa-shəz\

Etymology: American Spanish, perhaps from Zuni ʔa·paču Navajo, Apachean

Date: 1745

1 : a member of a group of American Indian peoples of the southwestern United States
2 : any of the Athabascan languages of the Apache people
3 not capitalized [French, from Apache Apache Indian] a : a member of a gang of criminals especially in Paris b : ruffian

— Apach·e·an \ə-ˈpa-chē-ən\ adjective or noun