Cochise

Other forms: Cochises

Definitions of Cochise
  1. noun
    Apache leader of the resistance to United States troops in Arizona (1812-1874)
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    Apache
    any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma
    Indian chief, Indian chieftain
    the leader of a group of Native Americans
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