Comanche


Co·man·che

noun \kə-ˈman-chē\
plural Comanche or Comanches

Definition of COMANCHE

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

Origin of COMANCHE

American Spanish, from Southern Paiute ki̵mmanciŋʷi̵ Shoshones, strangers
First Known Use: 1806

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