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Comanche, n. and a.|kɒˈmæntʃiː|
Also † Caˈmanche.
[Sp., f. a Shoshonean language.]
A. n.
1. A North American Indian people of Texas and Oklahoma; a member of this people.
1806J. Wilkinson in Z. M. Pike Sources Mississippi (1810) 109 You will also receive a..large one [sc. belt] for the Tetaus or Comanches. 1831M. Holley Let. Dec. in Texas (1833) 90 To denote the greatest degree of degradation, they [sc. the Mexicans] call a person a Comanche. 1874B. F. Taylor World on Wheels 76 The two engines are neck and neck. They scream at each other like Camanches. 1886[see Shoshone]. 1888P. Gillmore Days & Nights by Desert xi. 88 Giving a yell like a lunatic Comanche. 1958Spectator 31 Jan. 135/3 Spurs, saloons, Comanches, the whole cowboy paraphernalia.
2. The language of this people.
1856Trans. Philol. Soc. 106 The Shoshoni and Wihinast..differ from each other more than the several forms of the Cumanch. 1874Forest & Stream 13 Aug. 1/2 It is in fact the Court language, all councils with Kiowas..being held in Comanche. 1933Bloomfield Language iv. 72 The Shoshonean family..including..Comanche. 1964R. H. Robins Gen. Linguistics iii. 94 Voiceless vowels do occur in the normal speech of some few languages (e.g. Comanche).
B. adj. Of or pertaining to any of the above.
1819in S.W. Hist. Q. (1913) XVI. 331 A Spanish woman..also adds..that the Comanche Indians..harrass them. 1834A. Pike Sketches 198 The Comanche tongue is easy to learn. 1897H. Inman Old Santa Fé Trail 332 He gave a series of war-whoops which discounted a Comanche yell. 1949‘J. Tey’ Brat Farrar xii. 99 A Comanche bridle is..just a gag. The rope goes through the mouth the way a bit does. |