San Franciscann.adj.
/ˌsan franˈsɪskən/ A. n.
A native or inhabitant of San Francisco in California, U.S.A.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun] > other towns or cities
Bostonian1682
Philadelphian1744
Bostonese1785
Nantucketer1788
Chicagoan1851
Angeleno1857
New Orleanian1862
bean-eater1867
Chicagoese1868
Los Angeleno1871
San Franciscan1875
Los Angelena1883
Angelena1905
Orleanian1935
1875 Scribner's Monthly July 277/2 San Franciscans are remorseless critics.
1949 Los Angeles Times 6 June 2/5 San Franciscans wear overcoats and furs even in the summer.
1973 S. Cohen Diane Game (1974) iv. 43 I'm afraid I've become a San Franciscan.
B. adj.
Of or pertaining to San Francisco.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [adjective] > in U.S.A. > others
Philadelphian1773
Chicagoese1855
San Franciscan1886
1886 F. C. Baylor On Both Sides iv. 227 The glasses rattled as if in a San Franciscan earthquake.
1899 R. Kipling From Sea to Sea II. xxv. 8 It may be this sense of possible disaster..that makes San Franciscan society go with..a whirl.
1960 E. Partridge Charm of Words 55 Beatniks, as the San Franciscan press christened members of the Beat community.
1977 W. Marshall Thin Air ii. 16 His soft San Franciscan accent.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1982; most recently modified version published online December 2018).
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