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(Sp. model spelled same [komán,t∫e], from a Shoshonean word)OED: 1806. An Indian nation of the Shoshonean family. Comanche Indians were known for their horsemanship and bellicose nature and are also linked in the popular mind with the cowboy and the Old West. The DRAE notes that the Comanches live in tribes in Texas and New Mexico. Santamaría adds that in past eras they were nomads who wandered in New Mexico and west Texas, continually waging war against the Apaches. They frequently invaded Mexico, sometimes committing atrocities as far south as the state of Durango, up until several years after Mexican independence. Comanche is also used as an attributive adjective in English (see below).Alternate forms: Camanche, Cumanche.Southwest: 1844. According to the DARE, riding while hanging off one side of a horse.Alternate form: á la comanche. -
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Texas: 1952. A full moon. According to Watts, the full moon in September, under which Comanche raids were said to take place. -
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Texas: 1969. As the DARE notes, "a laxative." -
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The trail that led from the Staked Plain to Old Mexico, so named because it was the path used by Comanches on their raids into Mexico. -
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According to Hendrickson, a frightening war whoop that the Comanches used in combat. -
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(Sp. model spelled same [komán,t∫éros] < comanche plus the agentive suffix -ero 'profession or trade')Traders, generally mestizos, who traded between Indians and Mexicans. Watts indicates that these traders were liaisons for the Comanche Indians and the Anglos. The Comanches would raid Mexican and Anglo towns and sell their spoils to each party through the Comancheros. The Comancheros were generally hated by Texans. Sometimes this term referred to mestizos in general. Cobos glosses Comanchero simply as an "Indian trader." -
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11 Comancheria
According to Blevins, "the area of the Central and Southern Great Plains claimed by the Comanches, 400 miles wide and 600 miles from north to south."
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Comanche — ist die Bezeichnung für, bzw. der Titel von den Stamm der nordamerikanischen Comanchen, siehe Comanche (Volk) die Sprache der Comanchen, siehe Comanche (Sprache) ein Kavalleriepferd, das die Schlacht am Little Big Horn überlebte, siehe Comanche… … Deutsch Wikipedia
COMANCHE — Groupe nomade d’Amérique du Nord qui, aux XVIIIe et XIXe siècles, parcourait les Grandes Plaines du Sud, les Comanche sont une ramification des Shoshone du Wyoming; avant d’émigrer vers le sud, ils avaient vécu de façon semi sédentaire de chasse… … Encyclopédie Universelle
Comanche — Comanche, OK U.S. city in Oklahoma Population (2000): 1556 Housing Units (2000): 757 Land area (2000): 4.574927 sq. miles (11.849005 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 4.574927 sq. miles (11.849005… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Comanche — [ko mantʃə, englisch ], zweisitziger Militärhubschrauber, von der amerikanischen Firma Sikorsky (daher auch als Sikorsky RAH 66 bezeichnet) seit Anfang der 1980er Jahre als Aufklärungs und Kampfhubschrauber entwickelt; Erstflug des Prototyps am … Universal-Lexikon
Comanche, OK — U.S. city in Oklahoma Population (2000): 1556 Housing Units (2000): 757 Land area (2000): 4.574927 sq. miles (11.849005 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 4.574927 sq. miles (11.849005 sq. km) FIPS… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
Comanche, TX — U.S. city in Texas Population (2000): 4482 Housing Units (2000): 1898 Land area (2000): 4.489554 sq. miles (11.627891 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 4.489554 sq. miles (11.627891 sq. km) FIPS… … StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places
comanche — adj. 2 g. s. 2 g. Relativo aos comanches, povo indígena norte americano, ou indivíduo que pertence a esse povo. ‣ Etimologia: inglês comanche … Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa
comanche — adjetivo,sustantivo masculino y femenino 1. De un pueblo amerindio que vivía al este de las Montañas Rocosas y que actualmente vive en reservas: un indio comanche. sustantivo masculino 1. Lengua americana de este pueblo, emparentada con el azteca … Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española
Comanche — [kə man′chē] n. pl. Comanches or Comanche [MexSp < Ute komanchi, stranger] 1. a member of a North American Indian people that formerly ranged from the Platte River to the Mexican border and now lives in Oklahoma 2. the Shoshone dialect of this … English World dictionary
Comanche — 1819, from Sp., from a Shoshonean language, Cf. Ute kimánci enemy, foreigner. Comanchero was a 19c. name given to Hispanic and American traders who dealt with the Comanches … Etymology dictionary
comanche — 1. adj. Se dice del individuo de un grupo de pueblos amerindios que vivía en tribus en Texas y Nuevo México. U. t. c. s.) 2. Perteneciente o relativo a los comanches. 3. m. Lengua hablada por los comanches … Diccionario de la lengua española
