San Franciscan
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From San Francisco + -an.
Adjective
[edit]San Franciscan (comparative more San Franciscan, superlative most San Franciscan)
- Of or relating to San Francisco.
Translations
[edit]of or relating to San Francisco
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Noun
[edit]San Franciscan (plural San Franciscans)
- A native of San Francisco.
- 1985 August 4, Robert Lindsey, “The Struggle to Keep Skylines in Line”, in The New York Times[1]:
- San Francisco's Board of Supervisors last month approved a new zoning law designed to limit the height and size of office towers and to reduce by half the projected employment growth downtown over the next 15 years. ¶ Adoption of the plan came after more than a decade of complaints from San Franciscans that their city was being "Manhattanized."
- 1988 July 15, Albert Williams, “Prison Drama”, in Chicago Reader[2]:
- Her fellow San Franciscan Fraser is a long-haired, 24-year-old ex-baseball player with rugged, modelish looks.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]a native of San Francisco
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