San Franciscan

adjective

Of or relating to San Francisco.

Meanings

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

comparative more San Franciscan · superlative most San Franciscan

  1. Of or relating to San Francisco.
nounSan Franciscan (plural San Franciscans)

plural San Franciscans

  1. A native of San Francisco.

    Her fellow San Franciscan Fraser is a long-haired, 24-year-old ex-baseball player with rugged, modelish looks.

    1988 July 15, Albert Williams, “Prison Drama”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 26 Apr 2015
    2 more examples

    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."

    1985 August 4, Robert Lindsey, “The Struggle to Keep Skylines in Line”, in The New York Times

    "I think the embracement of AI is going to be one of the great divides of our generation," she continued, saying that as a lifelong San Franciscan, she is already seeing the impacts of that divide. "When I find out someone is working in AI, I judge their character completely..."

    2026 July 1, Grace McCarty, "'It's Like Having a Dumb Friend': Young San Franciscans Hate AI", SFGate

Origin

Translations

French san-franciscain, Franciscanais
  • san-franciscainof or relating to San Francisco
  • Franciscanaisa native of San Francisco
  • Franciscanaisea native of San Francisco
Hungarian San Franciscó-i, San Franciscó-i
  • San Franciscó-iof or relating to San Francisco
  • San Franciscó-ia native of San Francisco
Russian сан-франци́сский, санфранци́сец
  • сан-франци́сский (san-francísskij)of or relating to San Francisco
  • санфранци́сец (sanfrancísec)a native of San Francisco
Spanish San Francisqueño
  • San Francisqueñoa native of San Francisco
Cite this entry
APA

San Franciscan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/San%20Franciscan

MLA

“San Franciscan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/San%20Franciscan. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “San Franciscan,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/San%20Franciscan.

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