n.
Pronunciation: ə - ' pa-ch ē , in sense 3 ə - ' pash
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural Apache or Apach · es \ - ' pa-ch ē z; - ' pash, - ' pa-sh ə z \
Etymology: American Spanish, perhaps from Zuni ʔ a · pa č u Navajo, Apachean
Date: 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 capitalized [French, from Apache Apache Indian] a : a member of a gang of criminals especially in Paris b : RUFFIAN
– Apach · e · an \ ə - ' pa-ch ē - ə n \ adjective or noun