Definition of Lone-Star State

1. Noun. The second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.


Definition of Lone-Star State

1. Proper noun. (alternative form of Lone Star State) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lone-Star State

Londonderry
Londoner
Londoners
Londonesque
Londongrad
Londonian
Londonians
Londonish
Londonism
Londonisms
Londonistan
Londonize
Londonized
Londonizes
Londonizing
Lone-Star State (current term)
Lone Ranger
Lone Star State
Lonestar State
Long
Long's coefficient
Long's formula
Long Beach
Long Island
Long Island Sound
Long Island iced tea
Longfellow
Longfellowian
Longford
Longmire's operation

Literary usage of Lone-Star State

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of North America by Guy Carleton Lee, Francis Newton Thorpe (1907)
"... THE LONE STAR STATE—THE CIVIL WAR AFTER Texas won its independence of Mexico, it was a foregone conclusion that, with so large an American population, ..."

2. The Story of the Exposition: Being the Official History of the International by Frank Morton Todd (1921)
"... CHAPTER LXXXII THE LONE STAR STATE THE Texas Commission was composed entirely of women, to whose devotion and hard work the Texas participation was due. ..."

3. Central America and Mexico by Alcée Fortier, John Rose Ficklen (1907)
"CHAPTER XXIII CREATION OF THE LONE STAR STATE—THE CIVIL WAR AFTER Texas won its independence of Mexico, it was a foregone conclusion that, with so large an ..."

4. Pilgrim's Letters: Bits of Current History Picked Up in the West and the by Joseph Edwin Roy (1888)
"Lone Star State. — The Woods of Northern Michigan. LETTER XLV. THE CHICAGO FIRE. CHICAGO, October 12, 1871. DESOLATION, desolation ! ..."

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