Definition of Apache
1
: a member of a group of American Indian peoples of the southwestern U.S.
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
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The first known use of Apache was in 1703
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