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apache

/əˈpætʃi/

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What does apache mean?

noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Apache, a Parisian gangster.
  2. Any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e., Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.
  3. A person belonging to an Apache people.
More meanings (5)

noun

  1. AH-64 Apache, a U.S. military helicopter.
  2. (historical) A Parisian gangster of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

proper noun

  1. The group of languages used by any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e. Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.
  2. A town in Oklahoma, United States. See Apache, Oklahoma.
  3. (informal) Apache HTTP Server, a widely used open source web server software suite.

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IPA pronunciation

/əˈpætʃi/

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Quite different is his near neighbor, the bloodthirsty Apache, who seems to delight only in robbing and killing people.
J. A. (Joseph Amasa) MunkArizona SketchesProject Gutenberg ebook #756
Graphic history, mostly in narrative, of the struggle of Plains and Apache Indians to hold their homelands against the whites.
J. Frank (James Frank) DobieGuide to Life and Literature of the Southwest, with a Few ObservationsProject Gutenberg ebook #314
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Even the enemy scalps which an Apache Indian might hang from his belt were something magical to add to the Apache's power.
Edward CarpenterPagan and Christian Creeds: Their Origin and MeaningProject Gutenberg ebook #1561
All agreed to honour the cook for all his pains, and the concert therefore began with "Tarara-boom-de-ay," followed by the "Apache" waltz.
Roald AmundsenThe South Pole; an account of the Norwegian Antarctic expedition in the "Fram," 1910-1912 — Volume 1Translated by Arthur G. ChaterProject Gutenberg ebook #3414
If we understand the description of the ruins just mentioned, and those at Apache Springs, they are villages of these small houses and their inclosures.
Emory Adams AllenThe Prehistoric World; Or, Vanished RacesProject Gutenberg ebook #2873