Usage Note
Milanista (also milanese in older usage, but milanista is now standard for the football sense) refers to a fan or supporter of AC Milan football club. Like many Italian football fan nouns ending in -ista, it is invariable in gender but changes in the plural: milanista (singular, m/f) → milanisti (m plural) / milaniste (f plural). Its rival counterpart is interista (Inter Milan fan). The word also functions as an adjective: una folla milanista.
Examples
"Mio fratello è un tifoso milanista da sempre."
Natural Translation
My brother has always been an AC Milan fan.
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