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apache \in senses 1 & 2 & prob 4 əˈpachēor -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 |