Meaning of Tejano | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A Spanish colonial settler of the region that later became Texas.
   countable, historical, uncountable
2. A Texan (especially male) of Mexican descent.
   countable, uncountable
3. Various forms of folk and popular music originating among the Mexican-American populations of Central and Southern Texas.
   uncountable

Examples

“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”

“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.”

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