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Definition of Roman

1. Adjective. Relating to or characteristic of people of Rome. "A Roman nose"

2. Noun. A resident of modern Rome.

3. Adjective. Of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome). "The old Roman wall"

4. Noun. An inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire.

5. Adjective. Characteristic of the modern type that most directly represents the type used in ancient Roman inscriptions.

6. Noun. A typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions.

7. Adjective. Of or relating to or supporting Romanism. "The Roman Catholic Church"

Definition of Roman

1. a. Of or pertaining to Rome, or the Roman people; like or characteristic of Rome, the Roman people, or things done by Romans; as, Roman fortitude; a Roman aqueduct; Roman art.

2. n. A native, or permanent resident, of Rome; a citizen of Rome, or one upon whom certain rights and privileges of a Roman citizen were conferred.

Definition of Roman

1. Adjective. Of or from Rome. ¹

2. Adjective. Of or from the Roman Empire ¹

3. Adjective. (context: of type or text) supporting or using a Western European character set. ¹

4. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church or the Holy See. ¹

5. Noun. A native or resident of Rome. ¹

6. Noun. A native or resident of the Roman Empire ¹

7. Noun. (legal colloquial) (non-gloss definition Used to distinguish a Roman numeral from an Arabic numeral in oral discourse.) ¹

8. Noun. The Roman script ¹

9. Proper noun. ( male given name) recently borrowed from continental Europe. ¹

10. Adjective. (context: of type) Upright, as opposed to italic. ¹

11. Adjective. (context: of text computing) Of or related to the Latin alphabet. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Roman

1. a metrical narrative of medieval France [n -S]

Medical Definition of Roman

1. 1. Of or pertaining to Rome, or the Roman people; like or characteristic of Rome, the Roman people, or things done by Romans; as, Roman fortitude; a Roman aqueduct; Roman art. 2. Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion; professing that religion. 3. Upright; erect; said of the letters or kind of type ordinarily used, as distinguished from Italic characters. Expressed in letters, not in figures, as I, IV, i, iv, etc.; said of numerals, as distinguished from the Arabic numerals, 1, 4, etc. Roman alum, the composite order. See Composite. Origin: L. Romanus, fr. Roma Rome: cf. F. Romain. Cf. Romaic, Romance, Romantic. 1. A native, or permanent resident, of Rome; a citizen of Rome, or one upon whom certain rights and privileges of a Roman citizen were conferred. 2. Roman type, letters, or print, collectively; in distinction from Italics. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roman

rom com rom coms romage romages romaic romaika romaikas romaine romaine lettuce romaines

romaja romaji romajis romal romals roman (current term) roman a clef roman fleuve roman font roman letters

roman print roman type roman world roman à clef romance romanced romanceless romancelike romancer romancers

Literary usage of Roman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Historians' History of the World: A Comprehensive Narrative of the Rise by Henry Smith Williams (1904)
"That emperor, as we have seen, held sway over an undivided roman commonwealth. On his death the power that he had wielded passed to his two sons, ..."

2. Art in France by Louis Hourticq (1911)
"GAUL, as a whole, began to participate in antique civilisation under the roman rule. A highly centralised administration united the provinces which extended ..."

3. Art in France by Louis Hourticq (1911)
"Remains of roman Civilisation in Barbarian Gaul. — Christian Gaul. ... GAUL, as a whole, began to participate in antique civilisation under the roman rule. ..."

4. Medieval Europe from 395 to 1270 by Charles Bémont, Gabriel Monod (1902)
"At the end of the fourth century the roman Empire still comprised the entire ... This is a kind of road map of the roman Empire made -without doubt in the ..."

5. Medieval Europe from 395 to 1270 by Charles Bémont, Gabriel Monod (1902)
"At the end of the fourth century the roman Empire still comprised the entire ... This is a kind of road map of the roman Empire made without doubt in the ..."

6. The Testamentary Executor in England and Elsewhere by Romril James Robert Goffin (1901)
"CHAPTER I. TESTAMENTARY EXECUTION IN roman LAW. ALTHOUGH the testamentary executor in the modern sense was unknown to the ..."

7. A Treatise on the Law of Private Corporations by Henry Osborn Taylor (1898)
"Later roman view, § 3. Special authority to form a corporation necessary only ... IN the early periods of the roman law, the idea of a corporation seems to ..."

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