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Texan

Texan

64 1.0
A person born in or living in the state of Texas in the United States
  • noun
  • /ˈtɛksən/
: tejano
  • Well you know I'm a Texan, but I can still enjoy a glass of vodka.
  • young Texan
  • Texans believe
  • a third of Texans

Love Billy Gibbons, he's a Texan, incredible person and guitar player.

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Examples

  • And Texans love to make money, yes, they do.

  • Well ladies and gentlemen, not since the Alamo have the Texans suffered such a defeat at the hands of the Mexicans.

  • And put a Texan in the White House!

  • In Texas, only Texans can rob banks!

  • Austin enters to see a gregarious Texan in a huge cowboy hat.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Y'know, it's not every day we Texans get to entertain the future President of the United States.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Welcome, fellow Texans.

  • The play is based on a historical incident in 1841 when Texans attempted to annex parts of New Mexico.

    Academic text (1990)
  • Many pioneer Anglo-Texans and Californians joined in these festivities and sometimes entered the contests.

    Academic text (1994)
  • Welcome, Texan friends! It's great to see you all at this annual barbecue.

Surface Forms

Texan singular
Texans plural

Morphology

Texan = Texas (transparent) = Texas + an

The noun 'Texan' denotes an inhabitant of Texas formed regularly from the place name plus '-an', a common demonymic formation.

Etymology

Texan is made from Texas and the ending -an, which means 'a person from' a place, like Canadian. Texas comes from a Native American word tejas meaning 'friends', so a Texan is literally 'a person from the land of friends'.