Apache
noun[C]
uk/əˈpætʃ.i/us/əˈpætʃ.i/amemberof atribe(=group)ofNativeAmericanslivingmainlyin thesouthwesternpartof theUnitedStates:
Hisgrandfatherwasjailedforprotestingagainst the US government'seffortstoremoveApaches fromtheirtriballands.
- He was thesonof aCajunand an Apache.
- Incolonialdays, the Ojo Calientebandof theeasternChiricahua Apacheshuntedandfarmedhere.
- Fort Sumner wasbuilttohousethesoldierswhostoodguardover hundreds of Apaches and thousands of Navajos.
Apache
adjective
uk/əˈpætʃ.i/us/əˈpætʃ.i/belongingorrelatingto the Apachetribe(=group)ofNativeAmericanslivingmainlyin thesouthwesternpartof theUnitedStates:
Apachewarriors
- Helearneda lot from an Apacheelderhecalls"Grandfather."
- TheWhiteMountain Apache Tribebecamethe first in thenationtoissuetax-exemptbondsforhousing.
- thedeathof ApachechiefVictorio at thehandsofMexicantroopsin 1880
- Thestateishometo 22sovereignIndiannationscomprisedof 19 pueblos, the NavajoNationand two Apachenations.