plural Apache or Apaches
ə-ˈpa-chēz 
-ˈpash,
-ˈpa-shəz
1
: a member of a group of Indigenous 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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Failure to update an element of the Apache Struts networking software was identified as a key point of failure.
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Pike, a 14-year-old who went missing from a Mesa, Ariz. group home in January, was found dismembered in trash bags near the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona the following month.
—Michael Nied, People.com, 1 July 2025
One of the religious liberty cases the justices decided not to take involved a group of Native American activists and supporters looking to block a copper mining company from destroying an Apache religious site.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 29 June 2025
Bluehost offers three antispam tools (Apache Spam Assassin, Spam Experts, and Spam Hammer), as well as hotlink protection.
—PC Magazine, 24 June 2025
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Bernard Marr, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Pike, a 14-year-old who went missing from a Mesa, Ariz. group home in January, was found dismembered in trash bags near the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation in Arizona the following month.
—Michael Nied, People.com, 1 July 2025
One of the religious liberty cases the justices decided not to take involved a group of Native American activists and supporters looking to block a copper mining company from destroying an Apache religious site.
—Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 29 June 2025
Bluehost offers three antispam tools (Apache Spam Assassin, Spam Experts, and Spam Hammer), as well as hotlink protection.
—PC Magazine, 24 June 2025
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Apache
noun
plural Apache or Apaches
: a member of a group of Indigenous peoples of the southwestern U.S.
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: any of the languages of the Apache people
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