Tejanx

T1E1J8A1N1X8

noun

A Texan of Mexican descent (of any gender); a Tejano or Tejana.

Scrabble 20

Meanings

nounTejanx (plural Tejanxs)

plural Tejanxs

  1. A Texan of Mexican descent (of any gender); a Tejano or Tejana.

    He also understood reciprocal paternalistic obligation as more important than the impersonal alienations of contract or law—something an older generation of Texans, or Tejanxs, might have appreciated.

    2021, Ethan Blue, The Deportation Express: A History of America Through Forced Removal, Oakland: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 244

Origin

The gender-neutral suffix -x replaces the gendered suffixes -a and -o.

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APA

Tejanx. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tejanx

MLA

“Tejanx.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tejanx. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Tejanx,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Tejanx.

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