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

This is a riveting account of the almost 50 years of battles between the Comanche Tribe and the United States. —Adam Bell, Charlotte Observer, 5 June 2024

The Searchers, a film that Scorsese and Schrader cited as an influence on Taxi Driver with its narrative of a white man saving a white woman from the clutches of the Comanche. —Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 24 Apr. 2024

Nestled deep within the Picket Wire Canyonlands (part of the Comanche National Grasslands near La Junta and Trinidad), hikers need to trek more than 11 miles round trip on foot to visit Dinosaur Lake in the remote Purgatoire River valley. —Tiney Ricciardi, The Denver Post, 2 June 2024

The watch is for Comanche, Dallas, Eastland, Ellis, Erath, Fannin, Hood, Hunt, Johnson, Kaufman, Palo Pinto, Parker, Rockwall, Somervell, Stephens and Tarrant counties. —Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2024

The watch is for Dallas, Rockwall, Kaufman, Van Zandt, Erath, Hood, Somervell, Johnson, Ellis, Henderson, Comanche, Mills, Hamilton, Bosque, Hill, Navarro, Freestone, Anderson, Lampasas, Coryell, Bell, McLennan, Falls, Limestone, Leon, Milam and Robertson counties. —Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 May 2024

The watch is for Bosque, Comanche, Coryell, Dallas, Eastland, Ellis, Erath, Hamilton, Hill, Hood, Johnson, Lampasas, McLennan, Mills, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell, Stephens and Tarrant counties. —Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 May 2024

The advisory is for Montague, Cooke, Grayson, Young, Jack, Wise, Denton, Collin, Stephens, Palo Pinto, Parker, Tarrant, Dallas, Eastland, Erath, Hood, Somervell, Johnson, Ellis, Comanche, Mills, Hamilton, Bosque and Hill counties. —Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Mar. 2024

Lily Gladstone—nominated for her powerful performance in Killers of the Flower Moon—brought forward Indigenous representation by wearing a custom Gucci design that was made in collaboration with Mohawk, Cree, and Comanche artist Joe Big Mountain, who is renowned for his quillwork jewelry. —Christian Allaire, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2024

Word History

Etymology

American Spanish, from Southern Paiute kɨmmanciŋʷɨ Shoshones, strangers

First Known Use

1806, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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