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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In southeastern Oklahoma, the Comanche Nation is accepting deer meat for food banks.
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2025
Prey, at its heart, is a coming of age story and a period film, unfolding in 1700s Comanche culture.
—Andy Crump, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
Dickinson, Geary, Clay, Cloud, Ottawa, Republic, Washington, Marshall, Riley, Barber, Comanche, Pratt, and Stafford counties could get temperatures as low as 29, and Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Clark, Ford, Meade, and Seward counties could get as low as 27.
—Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
The advisory is for Wise, Parker, Hood, Montague, Cooke, Grayson, Young, Jack, Palo Pinto, Kaufman, Erath, Somervell, Comanche, Mills, Hamilton, Bosque, Lampasas and Coryell counties.
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 Oct. 2025
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Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2025
Prey, at its heart, is a coming of age story and a period film, unfolding in 1700s Comanche culture.
—Andy Crump, Time, 7 Nov. 2025
Dickinson, Geary, Clay, Cloud, Ottawa, Republic, Washington, Marshall, Riley, Barber, Comanche, Pratt, and Stafford counties could get temperatures as low as 29, and Edwards, Kiowa, Pawnee, Clark, Ford, Meade, and Seward counties could get as low as 27.
—Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
The advisory is for Wise, Parker, Hood, Montague, Cooke, Grayson, Young, Jack, Palo Pinto, Kaufman, Erath, Somervell, Comanche, Mills, Hamilton, Bosque, Lampasas and Coryell counties.
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 26 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.
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: their language
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