Dictionary entry

Comanches

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Co‐man″ches (? or?), n. pl.; sing.Comanche (? or?). (Ethnol.) A warlike, savage, and nomadic tribe of the Shoshone family of Indians, inhabiting Mexico and the adjacent parts of the United States; — called also Paducahs. They are noted for plundering and cruelty.