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

Examples of Comanche in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The advisory is for Parker, Tarrant, Dallas, Hood, Johnson, Stephens, Palo Pinto, Rockwall, Kaufman, Eastland, Erath, Somervell, Ellis, Comanche, Hamilton, Bosque, Hill, Navarro, Freestone, Coryell, Bell, McLennan, Falls and Limestone counties. —Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 1 May 2025

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt on late Wednesday declared a state of emergency in Cleveland, Comanche, and Cotton counties as another round of thunderstorms hit the Plains throughout the day and continued to intensify an already serious flood threat. —Taylor Romine, CNN Money, 30 Apr. 2025

The alert is for Hood, Erath, Somervell, Comanche, Hamilton and Bosque counties. —Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2025

Set in the Northern Great Plains in 1719, 2022's Prey follows a Comanche woman, Naru (Amber Midthunder), who fights to protect her people from a vicious alien that hunts humans for sport. —John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025

Word History

Etymology

American Spanish, from Southern Paiute kɨmmanciŋʷɨ Shoshones, strangers

First Known Use

1806, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for Comanche

• manche

Kids Definition

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