n.
Pronunciation: k ə - ' man-ch ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural Comanche or Comanches
Etymology: American Spanish, from Southern Paiute k ɨ mmanci ŋ w ɨ Shoshones, strangers
Date: 1806
1 : a member of an American Indian people ranging from Wyoming and Nebraska south into New Mexico and northwestern Texas
2 : the Uto-Aztecan language of the Comanche people