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Roman

//ˈɹəʊmən// adj, name, noun, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Upright, as opposed to italic. not-comparable

    "In some early printed Bibles quoted text is indicated by changing the font from roman to italic."

  2. 2
    Of or from Rome.
  3. 3
    Of or related to the Latin alphabet or roman numerals. not-comparable
  4. 4
    Of or from the Roman Empire. historical
  5. 5
    Of or from the Byzantine Empire. historical
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  1. 6
    Of noble countenance but with little facial expression.

    ""Yes, I feel that I ought; and with me, to feel that I ought to do a thing, is to do it!" added he, looking quite Roman with excess of virtue."

  2. 7
    Supporting the characters of the Latin alphabet.
  3. 8
    Used to distinguish a Roman numeral from an Arabic numeral in oral discourse. colloquial

    "You will find the term defined at the end of Roman one."

  4. 9
    A font that is upright, as opposed to oblique or italic. (See roman font.)
  5. 10
    Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church or the Holy See.
  6. 11
    Of a style characterised by the size and boldness of its round arches and vaults, and having baths, aqueducts, basilicas, amphitheatres, etc.
Adjective
  1. 1
    of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome) wordnet
  2. 2
    of or relating to or supporting Romanism wordnet
  3. 3
    characteristic of the modern type that most directly represents the type used in ancient Roman inscriptions wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from Latin recently borrowed from continental Europe.
  2. 2
    A surname.
  3. 3
    A city in Neamț County, Romania.
Noun
  1. 1
    One of the main three types used for the Latin alphabet (the others being italics and blackletter), in which the ascenders are mostly straight. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    A native or resident of Rome.
  3. 3
    a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions wordnet
  4. 4
    Ellipsis of roman numeral. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
  5. 5
    A native or resident of the Roman Empire. historical
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  1. 6
    a resident of modern Rome wordnet
  2. 7
    A novel. archaic, countable

    "What raises One Last Waltz far above the usual family roman is not just the gimmick of the ancient fable in modern clothes […] but Mordden's language and his sheer joy at telling a story."

  3. 8
    A native or resident of the Byzantine Empire. historical

    "Kars was the capital of the small Armenian kingdom of Vanand, ruled by Gagik (the same name as the sovereign of Ani) from 1029 to 1064, when he surrendered his kingdom to the Romans. In 1053 it was taken by the Seljoukids, probably under the command of Qutlumus..."

  4. 9
    an inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire wordnet
  5. 10
    The Roman script. uncountable

    "Sahaiʔa May Talbot was born on Feb. 15, 2014. However, on her birth certificate, her name is spelled Sahai'a because the Northwest Territories government only allows the Roman alphabet to be used on official documents."

  6. 11
    A single letter or character in Roman type. countable
  7. 12
    A Roman Catholic. dated

    "‘Is it like―I don’t know―Catholicism? One only spots the other Romans when one’s practised it oneself?’"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Roman.

Etymology 2

From Roman.

Etymology 3

From Old French Romain, from Latin Rōmānus. In reference to the Byzantine Empire, via the Byzantine Greek endonym Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos). By surface analysis, Rome + -an. Doublet of Romano.

Etymology 4

From Old French Romain, from Latin Rōmānus. In reference to the Byzantine Empire, via the Byzantine Greek endonym Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos). By surface analysis, Rome + -an. Doublet of Romano.

Etymology 5

From Old French Romain, from Latin Rōmānus. In reference to the Byzantine Empire, via the Byzantine Greek endonym Ῥωμαῖος (Rhōmaîos). By surface analysis, Rome + -an. Doublet of Romano.

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