[Apache] n, pl Apache or Apach.es [AmerSp, perh. fr. Zuni 'apachu Navajo, Apachean] (1745) 1: a member of a group of American Indian peoples of the southwestern U.S.
2: any of the Athabascan languages of the Apache people 3 not cap [F, fr. Apache Apache Indian] a: a member of a gang of criminals esp. in Paris b: ruffian -- Apach.e.an adj or n