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Definition of Lone-star state
1. Noun. The second largest state; located in southwestern United States on the Gulf of Mexico.
Terms within: Chisholm Trail, Big Bend, Big Bend National Park, Guadalupe Mountains National Park, Abilene, Amarillo, Arlington, Austin, Capital Of Texas, Beaumont, Brownsville, Bryan, Corpus Christi, Dallas, Del Rio, El Paso, Fort Worth, Galveston, Galveston Island, Garland, Houston, Laredo, Lubbock, Lufkin, Mcallen, Midland, Odessa, Paris, Plano, San Angelo, San Antonio, Sherman, Texarkana, Tyler, Victoria, Waco, Wichita Falls, Chihuahuan Desert, Brazos, Brazos River, Canadian, Canadian River, Colorado, Colorado River, Galveston Bay, Guadalupe Mountains, Llano Estacado, Pecos, Pecos River, Red, Red River, Sabine, Sabine River, Trinity River
Group relationships: Southwest, Southwestern United States, America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa, Gulf States
Generic synonyms: American State
Group relationships: Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States Of America, Dixie, Dixieland, South
Derivative terms: Texan
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
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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