plural Apache or Apaches
ə-ˈpa-chēz 
-ˈpash,
-ˈpa-shəz
1
: a member of a group of Indigenous peoples of the southwestern U.S.
2
: any of the Athabascan languages of the Apache people
3
not capitalized
[French, from Apache Apache Indian]
a
: a member of a gang of criminals especially in Paris
b
: ruffian
Examples of Apache in a Sentence
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According to forensic mapping by Rochester police, preliminary information indicates the State Patrol car was traveling east on 12th Street and the Ford Focus was traveling west on 12th Street, turning south into Apache Mall.
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Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 21 May 2024
Three vehicles, including the Minnesota State Patrol car, were involved in the Saturday, May 18, crash outside the Apache Mall, the Rochester Police Department said.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2024
Most women living in territorial Arizona were Diné, meaning Navajo, or Chiricahua Apache.
—Calvin Schermerhorn, The Conversation, 25 Apr. 2024
The San Carlos Apache Tribe and a coalition of environmentalists followed with more litigation.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2024
The Apache County Sheriff’s Department in Arizona also obtained a nationwide arrest warrant for Hopper, Gallup police said in the post.
Hopper was believed to be traveling to Fort Worth in a dark gray 2014 Nissan XTerra, police said.
—Jack Howland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 May 2024
According to paperwork from elections officials, Schaffner is the only Democratic candidate running to represent Arizona's 5th Congressional District, which includes parts of Gilbert, Chandler, Queen Creek and Apache Junction.
—Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2024
Originally constructed in the early 1870s, the trail stretched for 200 miles along the edge of the Mogollon Rim in Central Arizona between Fort Verde and Fort Apache.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 18 Apr. 2024
Sometimes this manifests in his studio or through collaboration, with the jingle dress dancers at the Biennale or more experimental practitioners like the White Mountain Apache musician Laura Ortman.
—Jillian Steinhauer, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
Forum News Service, Twin Cities, 21 May 2024
Three vehicles, including the Minnesota State Patrol car, were involved in the Saturday, May 18, crash outside the Apache Mall, the Rochester Police Department said.
—Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2024
Most women living in territorial Arizona were Diné, meaning Navajo, or Chiricahua Apache.
—Calvin Schermerhorn, The Conversation, 25 Apr. 2024
The San Carlos Apache Tribe and a coalition of environmentalists followed with more litigation.
—Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 14 May 2024
The Apache County Sheriff’s Department in Arizona also obtained a nationwide arrest warrant for Hopper, Gallup police said in the post.
Hopper was believed to be traveling to Fort Worth in a dark gray 2014 Nissan XTerra, police said.
—Jack Howland, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 May 2024
According to paperwork from elections officials, Schaffner is the only Democratic candidate running to represent Arizona's 5th Congressional District, which includes parts of Gilbert, Chandler, Queen Creek and Apache Junction.
—Laura Gersony, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2024
Originally constructed in the early 1870s, the trail stretched for 200 miles along the edge of the Mogollon Rim in Central Arizona between Fort Verde and Fort Apache.
—Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 18 Apr. 2024
Sometimes this manifests in his studio or through collaboration, with the jingle dress dancers at the Biennale or more experimental practitioners like the White Mountain Apache musician Laura Ortman.
—Jillian Steinhauer, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2024
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Apache
noun
plural Apache or Apaches
: a member of a group of Indigenous peoples of the southwestern U.S.
also
: any of the languages of the Apache people
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