Definition of "Milanese"

—the waiter was a Milanese, and ardently patriotic—

1863, Tales and Essays, page 38

Finally, the first maestro to have been both a Milanese and a product of the studio, Giovanni Battista Cesati, served from before 1655, publishing a motet book, until he was called to Bologna in summer 1658.

2002, Robert L. Kendrick, The Sounds of Milan, 1585-1650, Oxford University Press on Demand, page 66

Indeed, in Milan, everyday conversations and practices of relating, attunement, and distancing between inhabitants also partake in wider discourses concerning who is a “Milanese” and what the Milanese share.

2015 March 27, Cristina Moretti, Milanese Encounters: Public Space and Vision in Contemporary Urban Italy, University of Toronto Press, page 12