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Tejano (countable and uncountable, plural Tejanos)

1. (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

2. A Texan (especially male) of Mexican descent.

   Synonyms: Texican, Tex-Mexican

   Coordinate term: Tejana

3. (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.

Further reading

• Tejanos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tejano music on Wikipedia.Wikipedia