plural Apache or Apaches play -ˈpa-chēz; -ˈpash, -ˈpa-shəz\
1 : a member of a group of American Indian 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