Comanche

noun

Co·​man·​che kə-ˈman-chē 

1

plural Comanche or Comanches : a member of a nation of Indigenous peoples ranging from Wyoming and Nebraska south into New Mexico and northwestern Texas

2

: the Uto-Aztecan language of the Comanche people

Examples of Comanche in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The watch is for Hood, Johnson, Anderson, Bosque, Comanche, Eastland, Ellis, Erath, Freestone, Hamilton, Henderson, Hill, Leon, Limestone, McLennan, Navarro, Robertson and Somervell counties. —Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 June 2025

Watch Predator: Killer of Killers on Hulu Prey The Hulu original movie Prey takes place in 1719, following a young Comanche woman named Naru (Amber Midthunder). —Keith Langston, People.com, 6 June 2025

The watch is for Dallas, Hood, Johnson, Parker, Tarrant, Bosque, Comanche, Eastland, Ellis, Erath, Hamilton, Henderson, Hill, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Navarro, Palo Pinto, Rains, Rockwall, Somervell, Stephens and Van Zandt counties. —Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 May 2025

On May 9, a swarm of what are believed to be Africanized honey bees, also known as killer bees, attacked and killed three horses in Comanche, Texas, just about 50 miles southeast of Eastland. —Greta Cross, USA Today, 20 May 2025

Word History

Etymology

American Spanish, from Southern Paiute kɨmmanciŋʷɨ Shoshones, strangers

First Known Use

1806, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Comanche

• manche

Kids Definition

Comanche

noun

Co·​man·​che kə-ˈman-chē 

plural Comanche or Comanches

: a member of an Indigenous people of the southern High Plains of the U.S.

also : their language