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The group of languages used by any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e. Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: Apachean, Southern Athabaskan
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name
A town in Oklahoma, United States. See Apache, Oklahoma.
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name
Apache HTTP Server, a widely used open source web server software suite.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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noun
Any of several Athabascan-speaking peoples of the American southwest excluding Navajo, i.e., Chiricahua, Jicarilla, Lipan, Mescalero, Plains Apache, or Western Apache.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A person belonging to an Apache people.
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noun
A Parisian gangster of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
AH-64 Apache, a U.S. military helicopter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: plural only "Apaches"
Topics: government, military, politics, war
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noun
Alternative letter-case form of Apache, a Parisian gangster.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of
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noun
the language of the Apache
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Athapaskan, Athapascan, Athabaskan, Athabascan, Athapaskan language
Narrower terms: Chiricahua Apache, San Carlos Apache
noun
a Parisian gangster
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: gangster, mobster
noun
any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: Athapaskan, Athapascan, Athabaskan, Athabascan
Narrower terms: Cochise, Geronimo
History
From American Spanish apache, most likely from Zuni ʔa·paču (“Navajos”), or possibly from the Yavapai word ʔpačə, meaning "people". The web server software was named to honor the Apache people, although much has been made of the fact that its design was "patchy" (constructed by assembling software patches). See Apache HTTP Server § Name. The Parisian gangsters were named after the American tribe because of their aggressive reputation.
Across languages
127 source translations are retained for this English entry.
