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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The teenage Comanche, Okla., resident was naked, the base of his skull had been split in two, his spine was fractured and an 8-inch head wound peeled back part of his scalp to the bone, his autopsy stated.
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Emily Palmer, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Across town, at the Comanche Trail Church of Christ, a smaller but more fervent crowd had gathered in support of the ordinance.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
Flashback: The Comanche, Caddo, Cherokee, Coahuiltecan, Lipan Apache, Karankawa, Tonkawa and Wichita tribes all have claimed Central Texas as part of their territory.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024
Burke specifically called out Comanche Peak, a twin reactor nuclear plant with 2.4 gigawatts of capacity outside Forth Worth, Texas.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2024
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Emily Palmer, People.com, 31 Oct. 2024
Across town, at the Comanche Trail Church of Christ, a smaller but more fervent crowd had gathered in support of the ordinance.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024
Flashback: The Comanche, Caddo, Cherokee, Coahuiltecan, Lipan Apache, Karankawa, Tonkawa and Wichita tribes all have claimed Central Texas as part of their territory.
—Tasha Tsiaperas, Axios, 16 Oct. 2024
Burke specifically called out Comanche Peak, a twin reactor nuclear plant with 2.4 gigawatts of capacity outside Forth Worth, Texas.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2024
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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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