texas
noun
a deckhouse on a texas deck for the accommodation of officers.
Texian
-
a word derived from
Texas.
Example Sentences
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Cammack at one point during the trial was asked whether she is a citizen of Texas, and responded that she was born in Texas and calls herself a "Texian."
From US News ● Oct. 29, 2015
In the 1836 battle between Texian and Mexican forces, the Alamo's vastly outnumbered defenders were routed by Mexican forces in a 13-day siege.
From Reuters ● Oct. 29, 2015
As Santa Anna and the greatest army ever assembled broke through the gallant Texians’ final fort defense, the Texian republicans fought to the very last—this much we know to be true.
From Slate ● Sep. 6, 2013
He called himself a Texian, adding the i and defining it as "one of the old rocks of the state."
From Time Magazine Archive
An agricultural company from Kentucky had obtained from the Texian government a grant of lands on the upper forks of the Trinity.
From Travels and Adventures of Monsieur Violet by Frederick Marryat
