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
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Birdwell represents Senate District 22, which includes Bosque, Comanche, Eastland, Erath, Falls, Hamilton, Hill, Hood, McLennan and Somervell counties, as well as portions of Ellis and Tarrant counties.
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Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2025
Michael Mann has revealed that Scott Cooper will direct his Western project Comanche, inspired by the story of Cynthia Ann Parker, a white woman who was kidnapped by Comanches as a child and later lived as a Comanche woman.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
Her car was found the next morning at Comanche Park, Salazar said.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Nuclear power generation is the top choice of a local advisory committee for replacing coal at Xcel Energy’s Comanche power plants near Pueblo.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
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Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Oct. 2025
Michael Mann has revealed that Scott Cooper will direct his Western project Comanche, inspired by the story of Cynthia Ann Parker, a white woman who was kidnapped by Comanches as a child and later lived as a Comanche woman.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
Her car was found the next morning at Comanche Park, Salazar said.
—Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
Nuclear power generation is the top choice of a local advisory committee for replacing coal at Xcel Energy’s Comanche power plants near Pueblo.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
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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
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