APACHE


Meaning of APACHE in English

in senses 1 & 2 & prob 4 əˈpachē or -chi sometimes -pä- or -pȧ-; in sense 3 əˈpash or -paa- or -pai- or -pä- or -pȧ- noun

( plural apache or apaches )

Etymology: Spanish, probably from Zuñi Ápachu, literally, enemy

1. usually capitalized

a. : an Athapaskan people of Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, and northern Mexico

b. : a member of such people

2. usually capitalized : any of the Athapaskan languages of the Apache people

3.

[F. from Apache Apache Indian, probably from English]

a. sometimes capitalized : a member of a gang of criminals especially in Paris noted for their crimes of violence

b. : ruffian

4. : sienna brown

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.