Texanadj.n.
/ˈtɛksən/ A. adj.
Of or pertaining to the State of Texas.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [adjective] > U.S.A. > specific states or regions > others
Carolinian1705
Georgian1740
Missourian1761
Alaskian1788
Vermontese1798
Alaskan1807
Michigan1814
Russo-American1814
Illinoian1818
Mississippian1819
Middle Atlantic1826
New Mexican1834
Louisianian1835
Texian1835
Oregonian1850
Texan1852
Nebraskan1853
Tennessean1853
Ozark1856
Dakotan1874
Kansan1894
Ozarkian1906
Tex-Mex1949
Texican1982
1852 W. B. Dewees & ‘C. Cardelle’ Lett. from Early Settler Texas 142 On arriving at that place the Texan troops put to flight seven hundred Mexicans.
B. n.
A person or animal native to or inhabiting Texas.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > specific state > states
Marylander1640
Rhode Islander1665
Jerseyman1679
Pennsylvanian1685
Carolinian1705
Georgian1732
Marylandian1750
Jersey blue1758
Californian1762
Louisianian1775
Mississippian1775
Acadian1776
Vermonteer1778
Kentuckian1779
Vermontese1783
Indianian1784
Cohee1786
Kentuck1789
Virginian1797
Michiganian1813
Michigan1814
Tennessean1815
Ohioan1818
Illinoian1819
Ohian1819
Missourian1820
buckeye1823
Vermonter1825
Hoosier1826
red horse1833
sucker1833
wolverine1833
puke1834
corn-cracker1835
Texian1835
Alaskan1836
Texan1837
Michigander1838
Oregonian1838
Rackensack1839
Arkansian1844
badger1844
Bay Stater1845
Lone Star Stater1845
Oregonese1845
tar-boiler1845
weasel1845
web foot1845
Alabaman1846
Iowanc1848
Arkansan1851
Minnesotian1851
Washingtonian1852
Minnesotan1854
Nebraskan1854
Kansian1855
Utahan1855
Floridan1856
fly-up-the-creek1857
Dakotian1861
Coloradan1862
Coloradian1862
Texican1863
Coloradoan1864
tarheel1864
Cajun1868
Kansan1868
Montanian1869
Floridian1870
mudcat1872
New Jerseyan1872
Arkansawyer1874
longhorn1876
Mainer1879
New Jerseyite1885
prune picker1892
Hawaiian1893
Oklahoman1894
Tex1909
blue hen's chicken1921
Tejano1925
Geechee1926
Arkie1927
sooner1930
wyomingite1930
New Mexican1940
Okie1948
1837 H. Martineau Society in Amer. II. ii. i. 81 If the government wished all possible success to the Texans, it could hardly do better than be quiet.
1842 Penny Cycl. XXIV. 270/2 The Texans now attached themselves to the Federalists.
1870 Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1867–8 7 138 We also put five cows and a buffalo with some Texans about the 20th of June.
1878 I. L. Bird Lady's Life Rocky Mts. (1910) x. 172 These pure Texans, the old Spanish breed, weigh from 900 to 1000 pounds.
1920 Cornhill Mag. Sept. 335 The work of the Texans was neat and expeditious.
1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet iv. i. 246 The Texan..managed to saw the mules about and so lock the wheels.
1974 ‘R. B. Dominic’ Epitaph for Lobbyist ii. 14 He combined formidable intelligence with a Texan's charm.
Compounds
In some specific names of animals, plants, etc.
Texan armadillo n. the peba n.
Texan fever n. = Texas fever n. at Texas n. Compounds 2.
Texan hare n. the American jackrabbit n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > order Lagomorpha (rabbits and hares) > [noun] > family Leporidae > genus Lepus (hares) > lepus townsendii (jack-rabbit)
prairie hare1840
jackass rabbit1847
mule-eared rabbit1855
mule rabbit1857
Texan hare1859
jackrabbit1863
Jack1864
mule-ear rabbit1889
mountain hare1923
1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) Jackass Rabbit,..known also by the names of Mule Rabbit, Texan Hare, and Black-tailed Hare.
Texan pride n. Phlox Drummondii, a bright-flowered annual, native in Texas.
Texan shrew-mole n. Scalops latimanus.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > [noun] > order Insectivora > family Talpidae > member of genus Scalops
prairie mole1808
shrew-mole1823
Texan shrew-mole1888
1888 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. VII. Texan shrew-mole.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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