San Bernardinan

San Bernardinan

English

Noun

San Bernardinan (plural San Bernardinans)

1. A native or inhabitant of San Bernardino, California, in the United States.
   • 1923, Charles Francis Saunders, The Southern Sierras of California, page 198:

     Dear to the heart of all San Bernardinans is this natural phenomenon of a colossal arrow-point impressed upon the mountain-side, and sorely has it taxed the local chroniclers and legend-makers to account for its presence there.

   • 1944, California. State Reconstruction and Reemployment Commission, Pamphlet ...:

     On weekends and vacations, San Bernardinans could choose between desert relaxation or the more strenuous pleasures of the San Bernardino Mountains.

   • 1990, Jane Wilson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Lawyers: An Early History:

     But contemporary local comment suggests that San Bernardinans had no great interest in the matter.