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Texan

British  
/ ˈtɛksən /

noun

  1. a native or inhabitant of Texas

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

adjective

  1. of or relating to Texas or its inhabitants

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

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“The scale of the Texan push for data centers is difficult to overstate,” he said in a Tuesday note.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 12, 2026

The Mexican military also prepared a squad of light, turboprop Beechcraft Texan aircraft that are low-cost and effective for counterinsurgency operations of the kind that they expected to encounter with Oseguera’s gunmen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 24, 2026

The native Texan was born in El Paso, but spent the first few years of her life just across the Mexican border in Ciudad Juárez.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

The 17-year-old Texan won the invitational event by 0.70 of a second over Penn State's Handal Roban to become the sixth-fastest athlete indoors in 800m history.

From Barron's • Feb. 15, 2026

“Take it easy, fellas,” the short patriotic Texan counseled affably, with an uncertain grin.

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller