Apache

/əˈpætʃi/

/əˈpætʃi/

Other forms: Apaches

Definitions of Apache

1. noun

   any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma
   examples:

   Cochise

   Apache leader of the resistance to United States troops in Arizona (1812-1874)

   Geronimo

   Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909)

   type of:

   Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan

   a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska
2. noun

   the language of the Apache
   types:

   Chiricahua Apache

   an Apache language

   San Carlos Apache

   an Apache language

   type of:

   Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan, Athapaskan language

   a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)