Comanche
noun
Co·man·che
kə-ˈman-chē 
1
plural Comanche or Comanches
: a member of a nation of Indigenous peoples ranging from Wyoming and Nebraska south into New Mexico and northwestern Texas
2
: the Uto-Aztecan language of the Comanche people
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Father Renaud and his detectives show up at a Comanche village and near-instantly shoot the men who come out to defend it.
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 23 Feb. 2025
The warning is for Montague, Cooke, Grayson, Fannin, Lamar, Young, Jack, Wise, Denton, Collin, Hunt, Delta, Hopkins, Stephens, Palo Pinto, Parker, Tarrant, Dallas, Rockwall, Kaufman, Eastland, Erath, Hood, Somervell, Johnson, Ellis, Comanche, Mills, Hamilton, Bosque, Hill and Navarro counties.
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Feb. 2025
Development will begin with the first book in the series, Lonesome Dove, followed by the rest of the tetralogy, including Streets of Laredo, Dead Man’s Walk and Comanche Moon.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2025
Streets of Laredo, Dead Man’s Walk and Comanche Moon followed Lonesome Dove, and were also adapted for TV, with Comanche Moon airing in 2008.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2025
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Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 23 Feb. 2025
The warning is for Montague, Cooke, Grayson, Fannin, Lamar, Young, Jack, Wise, Denton, Collin, Hunt, Delta, Hopkins, Stephens, Palo Pinto, Parker, Tarrant, Dallas, Rockwall, Kaufman, Eastland, Erath, Hood, Somervell, Johnson, Ellis, Comanche, Mills, Hamilton, Bosque, Hill and Navarro counties.
—Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Feb. 2025
Development will begin with the first book in the series, Lonesome Dove, followed by the rest of the tetralogy, including Streets of Laredo, Dead Man’s Walk and Comanche Moon.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 18 Feb. 2025
Streets of Laredo, Dead Man’s Walk and Comanche Moon followed Lonesome Dove, and were also adapted for TV, with Comanche Moon airing in 2008.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2025
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Comanche
noun
Co·man·che
kə-ˈman-chē
plural Comanche or Comanches
: a member of an Indigenous people of the southern High Plains of the U.S.
also
: their language
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