Comanche
noun
Co·man·che
kə-ˈman-chē 
1
plural Comanche or Comanches
: a member of a nation of Indigenous peoples ranging from Wyoming and Nebraska south into New Mexico and northwestern Texas
2
: the Uto-Aztecan language of the Comanche people
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The warning is for Parker, Tarrant, Hood, Johnson, Stephens, Palo Pinto, Eastland, Erath, Somervell, Comanche, Mills, Hamilton, Bosque, Hill, Lampasas, Coryell and McLennan counties.
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Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Mar. 2025
But later that night, the Comanche who arrive on horseback to take their revenge by bow and arrow end up dead.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
The market has waited with growing impatience for Vistra to make a similar announcement, focusing on its nuclear assets such as the Comanche Peak plant outside Forth Worth, Texas.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2025
Father Renaud and his detectives show up at a Comanche village and near-instantly shoot the men who come out to defend it.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 23 Feb. 2025
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Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Mar. 2025
But later that night, the Comanche who arrive on horseback to take their revenge by bow and arrow end up dead.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 2 Mar. 2025
The market has waited with growing impatience for Vistra to make a similar announcement, focusing on its nuclear assets such as the Comanche Peak plant outside Forth Worth, Texas.
—Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2025
Father Renaud and his detectives show up at a Comanche village and near-instantly shoot the men who come out to defend it.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 23 Feb. 2025
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Comanche
noun
Co·man·che
kə-ˈman-chē
plural Comanche or Comanches
: a member of an Indigenous people of the southern High Plains of the U.S.
also
: their language
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