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Etymology

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From San Francisco +‎ -an.

Adjective

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San Franciscan (comparative more San Franciscan, superlative most San Franciscan)

  1. Of or relating to San Francisco.

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Noun

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San Franciscan (plural San Franciscans)

  1. 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.

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