(circa 1812–74), North American Indian leader, chief of the Chiricahua Apache. With a band of followers, he resisted white encroachment on North American Indian lands in Arizona.
Definition of Cochise in US English:
Cochise
proper nounkōˈCHēs
(circa 1812–74), North American Indian leader, chief of the Chiricahua Apache. With a band of followers, he resisted white encroachment on North American Indian lands in Arizona.