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Comanche definition

Co·man·che (kə man′c̸hē)

noun pl. Comanches -·ches or Comanche -·che

  1. a member of a North American Indian people that formerly ranged from the Platte River to the Mexican border and now lives in Oklahoma
  2. the Shoshone dialect of this people

Etymology: MexSp < Ute komanchi, stranger

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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