apache

Noun
  1. Any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico);
    Fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma (synset 109669631)
    domain region: mexico, united mexican states - a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810
    is a type of: athabascan, athabaskan, athapascan, athapaskan - a member of any of the North American Indian groups speaking an Athapaskan language and living in the subarctic regions of western Canada and central Alaska
    specific instances:
    • cochise - Apache leader of the resistance to United States troops in Arizona (1812-1874)
    • geronimo - Apache chieftain who raided the white settlers in the Southwest as resistance to being confined to a reservation (1829-1909)
  2. A Parisian gangster (synset 109630238)
    is a type of: gangster, mobster - a criminal who is a member of gang
  3. The language of the Apache (synset 106932210)
    is a type of: athabascan, athabaskan, athapascan, athapaskan, athapaskan language - a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir)
    subtypes:

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