Apache

UK: 'Apache': /əˈpætʃi/; 'apache': English: /əˈpɑːʃ/, French: /apaʃ/

US: 'Apache': (ə pach′ē); 'apache': (ə päsh′, ə pash′; Fr. a pash′)

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Apache / əˈpætʃɪ/ noun

1. (Apaches, Apache) a member of a Native American people, formerly nomadic and warlike, inhabiting the southwestern US and N Mexico
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Athapascan group of the Na-Dene phylum

Etymology: from Mexican Spanish, probably from Zuñi Apachu, literally: enemy

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a•pache  (ə päsh′, ə pash′; Fr. a pash′), n., pl. a•paches 

(ə pä′shiz, ə pash′iz; Fr. a pash′). 
1. a Parisian gangster, rowdy, or ruffian.

• French: Apache
• 1735–45, American.

A•pach•e  (ə pach′ē), n., pl. A•pach•es, (esp. collectively) A•pach•e. 

1. Language Varieties a member of an Athabaskan people of the southwestern U.S.
2. Language Varieties any of the several Athabaskan languages of Arizona and the Rio Grande basin.
3. Military a two-man U.S. Army helicopter designed to attack enemy armor with rockets or a 30mm gun and equipped for use in bad weather and in darkness.

• Zuni ʔa·paču Navajos, presumably applied formerly to the Apacheans (Navajos and Apaches) generally
• Mexican Spanish, perh.
• 1915–20

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apache / əˈpɑːʃ -ˈpæʃ apaʃ/ noun

1. a Parisian gangster or ruffian

Etymology: from French: Apache