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 Wise, Denton, Collin, Parker, Tarrant, Dallas, Hood, Montague, Cooke, Grayson, Fannin, Young, Jack, Stephens, Palo Pinto, Eastland, Erath, Somervell, Comanche, Mills, Hamilton and Lampasas counties. —Star-Telegram Weather Bot updated July 12, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 July 2025

Counties most likely to be impacted include Bell, Comanche, Coryell, Hamilton, Lampasas and Mills. —Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 July 2025

Xcel is on track to shutter Comanche’s Unit 2 in September and remains committed to closing the plant’s Unit 3, which generates 750 megawatts of electricity, by January 2031, said Michelle Aguayo, a Xcel Colorado spokeswoman. —Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 6 July 2025

The watch is for Hood, Erath, Somervell, Comanche, Mills, Hamilton, Bosque, Lampasas, Coryell, Bell and McLennan counties. —Star-Telegram Weather Bot updated July 6, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 July 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