I. kəˈma(a)nchē noun
( plural comanche or comanches )
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: Spanish, of Shoshonean origin; perhaps akin to Hopi kománči scalp lock, from kópa top of the head + mánči tied lock of hair
1.
a. : a Shoshonean people originally in Wyoming and later ranging from Wyoming and Nebraska south into New Mexico and northwestern Texas
b. : a member of such people
2. : the language of the Comanche people
II. adjective or noun
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: from Comanche, town and county in Texas, locality of its type station
: comanchean