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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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