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apache
/əˈpætʃi/
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What does apache mean?
noun
- Alternative letter-case form of Apache, a Parisian gangster.
- Any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e., Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.
- A person belonging to an Apache people.
More meanings (5)
noun
- AH-64 Apache, a U.S. military helicopter.
- (historical) A Parisian gangster of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
proper noun
- 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.
- A town in Oklahoma, United States. See Apache, Oklahoma.
- (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.
Graphic history, mostly in narrative, of the struggle of Plains and Apache Indians to hold their homelands against the whites.
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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.
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.
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.