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
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White Mountain Apache police said the inmate could be with other people who are possibly harboring or assisting him.
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Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 8 Dec. 2024
State of play: The 22-foot Ponderosa pine came from the San Carlos Apache Tribe's lands near the state's Point of Pines Ranger Station.
—Jeremy Duda, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
Chiricahua Apache sculptor and painter Allan Houser once worked as a pipefitter and art instructor to support his family.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
The campaign also targets vulnerabilities in Apache Hadoop’s YARN and HugeGraph servers, enabling remote code execution and expanding the attack beyond IoT devices to enterprise software.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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Olivia Rose, The Arizona Republic, 8 Dec. 2024
State of play: The 22-foot Ponderosa pine came from the San Carlos Apache Tribe's lands near the state's Point of Pines Ranger Station.
—Jeremy Duda, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024
Chiricahua Apache sculptor and painter Allan Houser once worked as a pipefitter and art instructor to support his family.
—Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
The campaign also targets vulnerabilities in Apache Hadoop’s YARN and HugeGraph servers, enabling remote code execution and expanding the attack beyond IoT devices to enterprise software.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
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“Apache.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Apache. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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Apache
noun
plural Apache or Apaches
: a member of a group of Indigenous peoples of the southwestern U.S.
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: any of the languages of the Apache people
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