Tejano

See also: tejano

English

From Spanish tejano, originally a translation of Texan from English.

Tejano (countable and uncountable, plural Tejanos)

(historical) A Spanish colonial settler of the region that later became Texas.
- 2011, Colin Woodard, chapter 19, in American nations, New York: Penguin, →ISBN:
  But when Santa Anna’s forces invaded the renegade province, Seguín and other Tejano leaders joined the secessionists in proclaiming an independent Republic of Texas
A Texan (especially male) of Mexican descent.
Synonyms: Texican, Tex-Mexican

Coordinate term: Tejana
(music, uncountable) Various forms of folk and popular music originating among the Mexican-American populations of Central and Southern Texas.
Synonyms: Tex-Mex music, Tejano music

Coordinate term: norteño
- 2000, David Maciel, Isidro D. Ortiz, María Herrera-Sobek, Chicano Renaissance: Contemporary Cultural Trends, University of Arizona Press, →ISBN:
  Calderon points out as evidence an increase in Tejano record sales worldwide, and the meteoric rise of the young late Tejano recording artist, Selena Quintanilla-Perez.