Definition of Apaches

1. n. pl. A group of nomadic North American Indians including several tribes native of Arizona, New Mexico, etc.

Definition of Apaches

1. Noun. (plural of Apache) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Apaches

1. apache [n] - See also: apache

Medical Definition of Apaches

1. A group of nomadic North American Indians including several tribes native of Arizona, new Mexico, etc. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Apaches

aortorrhaphy
aortosclerosis
aortostenosis
aortotomy
aotinae
aotus trivirgatus
aoudad
aoudads
ap't
apace
apache
apache dance
apache devil dance
apache tears
apaches (current term)
apachite
apadana
apadanas
apadravyas
apage
apagoge
apagoges
apagogic
apagogical
apaid
apair
apaired
apairing

Literary usage of Apaches

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1874)
"The total number of apaches on the reservations is estimated at about 7000. ... The San Carlos Reservation is the home of from 1200 to 1600 apaches, ..."

2. Personal Narrative of Explorations and Incidents in Texas, New Mexico by John Russell Bartlett (1854)
"Crowds of people returning to their homes lined the road; so that we had no lack of company. We are still in a country infested by bands of apaches, ..."

3. History of Arizona by Thomas Edwin Farish (1915)
"Another difficulty arose between the Commissioner and the apaches upon the killing of an Apache by one of Bartlett's men, the apaches contending with ..."

4. History of Arizona and New Mexico, 1530-1888 by Hubert Howe Bancroft, Henry Lebbeus Oak (1889)
"THE aborigines of Arizona in 1863-4 numbered about 25000, slightly less than two thirds belonging to the friendly tribes as distinguished from the apaches. ..."

5. Kit Carson's Life and Adventures: From Facts Narrated by Himself : Embracing by De Witt Clinton Peters (1873)
"... his Appointment as Indian Agent— Kit Carson enters upon the Duties of his Office—Bell's Fight with the apaches on Red River—Kit Carson's Interview with ..."

6. Kino's Historical Memoir of Pimería Alta: A Contemporary Account of the by Eusebio Francisco Kino (1919)
"I do not ask a reward from your Reverence for the news that they are apaches, and not Pimas, as the disaffected are accustomed to calumniate, ..."

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