Apache (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural a·paches [uh-pah-shiz, uh-pash-iz; French a-pash]. /əˈpɑ ʃɪz, əˈpæʃ ɪz; French aˈpaʃ/.
  1. a Parisian gangster, rowdy, or ruffian.
noun, plural A·pach·es, (especially collectively) A·pach·e for 1.
  1. a member of an Athabascan people of the southwestern United States.
  2. any of the several Athabascan languages of Arizona and the Rio Grande basin.
  3. 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.
adjective
  1. of or relating to an Athabascan people of the southwestern United States or their language.
noun
  1. a Parisian gangster or ruffian
noun
  1. a member of a North American Indian 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
Apache (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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