Chicagoan
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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A person from Naperville can call himself a Chicagoan without any question.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 28, 2025
One of his last Facebook posts, earlier this month, as a Chicagoan educated by Jesuits, was, “pope leo XIV is a sout’ sider my friendts. his cassock size is 4XIV.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2025
Since he’s a native Chicagoan, there were the obligatory yuks about deep dish communion and Malört.
From Salon • May 10, 2025
As that great Chicagoan Ferris Bueller once noted, "life moves pretty fast", he added.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2025
I knew Dick, a Chicagoan, was wise in the ways of the streets, and blunt-spoken.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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