[əˈpatʃi], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a member of a group of Indigenous peoples whose homelands are in the south-western US. Under the leadership of Geronimo, several Apache groups put up fierce resistance to the European colonizers

- any of the Athabaskan languages of the Apache


Phrases:

Origin:
from Mexican Spanish, probably from Zuni Apachu, literally ‘enemy’

[əˈpatʃi], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- relating to the Apache or their languages


Phrases:

Origin:
from Mexican Spanish, probably from Zuni Apachu, literally ‘enemy’

[əˈpaʃ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a violent troublemaker, originally in Paris


Phrases:

Origin:
early 20th century: French, from Apache, by association with the reputed ferocity of the Indigenous people