Comanche

UK: /kəˈmæntʃɪ/ US: (kə man′chē, kō-)

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Co•man•che  (kə man′chē, kō-), n., pl. -ches, (esp. collectively) -che for 1.

1. a member of a Shoshonean tribe, the only tribe of the group living entirely on the Plains, formerly ranging from Wyoming to Texas, now in Oklahoma.
2. the dialect of Shoshone spoken by the Comanche.

• a related word in another Numic language
• Southern Paiute ki̵mmanci-, as in ki̵mmanciŋ^wṫ strangers, Shoshones; or
• American Spanish
• 1800–10, American.

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Comanche / kəˈmæntʃɪ/ noun

1. ( -ches, -che) a member of a Native American people, formerly ranging from the River Platte to the Mexican border, now living in Oklahoma
2. the language of this people, belonging to the Shoshonean subfamily of the Uto-Aztecan family