Definition of Texan

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Texas or its residents.

Partainyms: Texas
Derivative terms: Texas

2. Noun. A native or resident of Texas.
Generic synonyms: American

Definition of Texan

1. Noun. An inhabitant or a resident of the state of Texas. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Texan

Teutonicism
Teutonicisms
Teutonick
Teutonism
Teutons
Teutophobia
Tevere
Tevet
Tewa
Tewan
Tewans
Tewkesbury
Tex
Tex-Mex
Tex.
Texan (current term)
Texans
Texarkana
Texas
Texas 42
Texas Independence Day
Texas Ranger
Texas armadillo
Texas blind snake
Texas bluebonnet
Texas cattle fever
Texas chachalaca
Texas fever
Texas heart shot
Texas hold 'em

Literary usage of Texan

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

1. History of Mexico by Hubert Howe Bancroft, William Nemos, Thomas Savage, Joseph Joshua Peatfield (1885)
"Of the Texan question he spoke vaguely.3 'Vera Cruz, Puebla, ... 1 The relations of the US with Mexico on the Texan and other questions are fully treated ..."

2. History of Mexico by Hubert Howe Bancroft, William Nemos, Thomas Savage, Joseph Joshua Peatfield (1885)
"THE provisional president and his cabinet favored the policy of settling the Texan and American questions by compromise;1 but they encountered violent ..."

3. The War with Mexico by Roswell Sabine Ripley (1849)
"CHAPTER I. Introduction—Sketch of Mexican History in the early Periods of Independence—Settlement of Texas—Texan War—Treaty with Santa Anna—Recognition of ..."

4. The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ...by John Howard Brown by John Howard Brown (1904)
"In June, 1843, President Houston directed the Texan minister at Washington ... Houston then sent instructions to Anaon Jones, the Texan secretary of state, ..."

5. Guide to the Materials in London Archives for the History of the United by Charles Oscar Paullin, Frederic Logan Paxson (1914)
"Foreign Various and Consular Domestic. ceedings of the Texan convention; ... With the exception of a few remarks by Kennedy upon Texan elections, ..."

6. Division and reunion, 1829-1889 by Woodrow Wilson (1893)
"The Texan Boundary Dispute (1845-1846). Our difficulties with Mexico with regard to the territory to be absorbed into the United States along with Texas ..."

7. The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft by Hubert Howe Bancroft (1889)
"With regard to the prisoners he was authorized to propose an exchange, and for that purpose to preserve the lives of Texan prisoners then in his power, ..."

8. Division and Reunion, 1829-1889 by Woodrow Wilson (1893)
"The Texan Boundary Dispute (1845-1846). Our difficulties with Mexico with regard to the territory to be absorbed into the United States along with Texas ..."

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