Definition, Meaning, Synonyms & Anagrams | English word COMANCHE

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Definitions of COMANCHE

1. Of or pertaining to the Comanche people, culture, or language.
2. The nation of these people.
3. The Uto-Aztecan language spoken by these people, sometimes classified as a variety of Shoshone.
4. A member of a Native American ethnic group residing especially in Texas and Oklahoma.
5. (plural only "Comanches") A light single-engine aircraft, the Piper PA-24 Comanche.
6. (plural only "Comanches") A military helicopter, the RAH-66 Comanche.
7. A unincorporated community in Yellowstone County, Montana, USA.
8. A small city in Stephens County, Oklahoma, USA.
9. A city in county seat in Comanche County, Texas, USA.

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Examples of Using COMANCHE in a Sentence

• Comanche people today belong to the federally recognized Comanche Nation, headquartered in Lawton, Oklahoma.
• Paul Chaat Smith, Comanche author and associate curator at the National Museum of the American Indian.
• Coahuiltecan, Tonkawa, Lipan Apache and Mescalero Apache and Comanche have inhabited the area after the Pacuache.
• Marcy in 1854, provided a refuge from warring Comanche for the Delaware, Shawnee, Tonkawa, Wichita, Choctaw, and Caddo peoples, who had migrated into Texas from other areas.
• Their descendants include such Native American peoples as the Lipan Apache, Coahuiltecan, Jumano, Tamaulipan and Comanche.
• Comanche, Tonkawa, Seminole and Lipan Apache continued hunting and raiding settlers into the 19th century.
• He surveyed and established the tract of land that became known as the Comanche Indian Reservation, which is adjacent to the Clear Fork of the Brazos River in the county.
• In 1877, the ill-fated Nolan Expedition crossed the county in search of livestock stolen by Comanche renegades.
• The region had a number of violent encounters between the Comanche, local ranchmen, and Texas Rangers.
• The Plains Apache inhabited the Texas Panhandle until they were displaced by the Comanche who dominated the area until the 1870s.
• The Chihuahua Trail connecting Mexico's state of Chihuahua with Santa Fe, New Mexico, brought travelers through the area by Comanche Springs about 1840.
• Marcy in 1854, provided a safety area from warring Comanche for Delaware, Shawnee, Tonkawa, Wichita, Choctaw, and Caddo.
• From 5000 BC to 1500 AD, the early Native American inhabitants included Tonkawa, Lipan Apache, Comanche, and Tawakoni.
• Arguably the most infamous Indian depredation in Texas took place in Limestone County on May 19, 1836, when an odd alliance of Comanche, Kiowa, Caddo, and Wichita approached Fort Parker surreptitiously under a flag of peace.
• Prior to the arrival of foreign settlers, the area that later became Kimble County was inhabited by several Native American groups, including the Comanche, Kiowa, Kiowa Apache, and Lipan Apache.
• Indian pictographs in the Painted Comanche Camp of Limpia Canyon were discovered by the Whiting and Smith Expedition of 1849.
• For the 200 years leading up to 1875, nomadic Indian tribes representing the Apache, Comanche, Kiowa, and others roamed the Panhandle following the huge bison (buffalo) herds.
• The county is named for John Coffee Hays, a Texas Ranger and Mexican–American War officer who fought the Texas- Comanche wars of the 1800s.
• Later, historic Indian tribes settled in the area, including Tonkawa, Karankawa, Kickapoo, Lipan Apache, and Comanche.
• During the 19th century, the land had been occupied solely by Comanche and Mexican Comancheros, traders who had a thriving business with the Plains Indians.

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