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Ro·man

(rō′mən)

adj.

a. Of or relating to ancient or modern Rome or its people or culture.

b. Of or relating to the Roman Empire.

a. Of, relating to, or composed in the Latin language.

b. Of or using the Latin alphabet.

3. Of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church.

4. Of or being an architectural style developed by the ancient Romans and characterized by the round arch as chief structural element, the vault, concrete masonry construction, and classical ornamentation.

5. roman Of or being a typestyle characterized by upright letters having serifs and vertical lines thicker than horizontal lines.

1. A native, inhabitant, or citizen of ancient or modern Rome.

2. The Italian language as spoken in Rome.

3. One belonging to the Roman Catholic Church.

4. roman Roman print or typestyle.

5. Romans(used with a sing. verb) See Table at Bible.

[Middle English, from Old English Rōmān or from Old French romain, both from Latin Rōmānus, from Rōma, Rome.]

ro·man

(rō-mäN′)

1. A narrative poem or a prose tale in medieval French literature.

2. A novel.

[French, from Old French romans, romance; see romance.]

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roman

(ˈrəʊmən)

adj

(Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) of, relating to, or denoting a vertical style of printing type: the usual form of type for most printed matter. Compare italic

(Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) roman type or print

[C16: so called because the style of letters is that used in ancient Roman inscriptions]

roman

(French rɔmɑ̃)

(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a metrical narrative in medieval French literature derived from the chansons de geste

Roman

(ˈrəʊmən)

adj

1. (Placename) of or relating to Rome or its inhabitants in ancient or modern times

2. (Peoples) of or relating to Rome or its inhabitants in ancient or modern times

3. (Roman Catholic Church) of or relating to Roman Catholicism or the Roman Catholic Church

4. (Architecture) denoting, relating to, or having the style of architecture used by the ancient Romans, characterized by large-scale masonry domes, barrel vaults, and semicircular arches

5. (Peoples) a citizen or inhabitant of ancient or modern Rome

6. (Roman Catholic Church) informal short for Roman Catholic

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ro•man

(rɔˈmɑ̃)

n., pl. -mans (-ˈmɑ̃)
French.

1. a metrical narrative, esp. in medieval French literature.

2. a novel.

Ro•man

(ˈroʊ mən)

adj.

1. of or pertaining to the ancient or modern city of Rome, or to its inhabitants.

2. of or pertaining to the ancient kingdom, republic, and empire whose capital was the city of Rome.

3. of a kind or character regarded as typical of the ancient Romans: Roman virtues.

4. (usu. l.c.) designating or pertaining to the upright style of printing types most commonly used in modern books, periodicals, etc.

5. of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church.

6. of or pertaining to the architecture of ancient Rome, characterized by semicircular arches, domes, groin and barrel vaults, and the use of elaborated forms of the Greek orders.

7. written in or pertaining to Roman numerals.

8. a native, inhabitant, or citizen of ancient or modern Rome.

9. (usu. l.c.) roman type or lettering.

[before 900; directly < Latin Rōmānus (see Rome, -an¹), or continuing Middle English Romain < Old French < Latin, Old English Roman(e) < Latin]

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Noun	1.	Roman - a resident of modern Rome capital of Italy, Eternal City, Italian capital, Rome, Roma - capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire Italian - a native or inhabitant of Italy
	2.	Roman - an inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire Roman Empire - an empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire; at its peak lands in Europe and Africa and Asia were ruled by ancient Rome European - a native or inhabitant of Europe palatine - any of various important officials in ancient Rome
	3.	roman - a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions roman letters, roman print, roman type proportional font - any font whose different characters have different widths
Adj.	1.	Roman - relating to or characteristic of people of Rome; "Roman virtues"; "his Roman bearing in adversity"; "a Roman nose"
	2.	Roman - of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome); "Roman architecture"; "the old Roman wall" Romanic capital of Italy, Eternal City, Italian capital, Rome, Roma - capital and largest city of Italy; on the Tiber; seat of the Roman Catholic Church; formerly the capital of the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire antiquity - the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
	3.	Roman - characteristic of the modern type that most directly represents the type used in ancient Roman inscriptions
	4.	Roman - of or relating to or supporting Romanism; "the Roman Catholic Church" papist, papistic, papistical, popish, R.C., Roman Catholic, Romanist, romish

Translations

أحْرُف طِباعِيَّه صَغيرَهرومانيرومانيّشَخْص روماني

romàromana

římskýtištěný antikvou/latinkouŘíman

antikvaromerromersk

römisch Römer Römerin lateinisch

ρωμαϊκός Ρωμαίος

romano romana

roomalainen

romain romaine

rimski

rómaiantikva

latneskt leturRómverjirómverskur

romano carattere romano romana romanesco

ローマの

로마의

RomanaRomanumRomanus

lotyniškas alfabetasromaninisromėnasromėniškasromėniški skaitmenys

taisnie burti

Romeins

romersk romer antikva

rzymianinrzymiankarzymski

romano

римлянин римский

Rimanrímskytlačený latinkou

romareromersk

ที่เกี่ยวกับโรม

Romalıeski Romaya aitLatin harfleriRoma

thuộc La Mã

古罗马人古罗马的正体字罗马的

Roman

[ˈrəʊmən]

A. ADJ → romano

B. N (person) → romano/a m/f

C. CPD Roman alphabet N → alfabeto m romano
Roman candle N → candela f romana
Roman Catholicism N → catolicismo m
Roman law N → derecho m romano
Roman nose N → nariz f aguileña
Roman numeral N → número m romano

roman

[ˈrəʊmən] N (Typ) → tipo m romano

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Roman

[ˈrəʊmən]

adj → romain(e)
a Roman villa → une villa romaine Roman Empire

n → Romain(e) m/f
the Romans → les RomainsRoman alphabet n → alphabet m latinRoman Catholic

adj → catholique

n → catholique mf
He's a Roman Catholic → Il est catholique.Roman Catholic Church n
the Roman Catholic Church → l'Église f catholiqueRoman Catholicism n → catholicisme m

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Roman

→ Römer(in) m(f)

(Typ: also Roman type) → Magerdruck m

adj

→ römisch; Roman times → Römerzeit f

(= Roman Catholic) → römisch-katholisch; the Roman Church → die römische Kirche

roman (Typ) → mager; roman letters → Magerdruck m

Roman

Roman alphabet

n → römisches Alphabet

Roman arch

n → romanischer Bogen

Roman calendar

n → römischer Kalender

Roman candle

n → Goldrausch m

Roman Catholic

adj → (römisch-)katholisch; the Roman Church → die (römisch-)katholische Kirche

n → Katholik(in) m(f), → (Römisch-)Katholische(r) mf

Roman Catholicism

n → römisch-katholischer Glaube

Roman

Roman law

n → römisches Recht

Roman nose

n → Römernase f

Roman numeral

n → römische Ziffer

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Roman

[ˈrəʊmən]

1. adj → romano/a

2. n (person) → Romano/a (Typ) roman → (carattere m) romano

Roman

(ˈrəumən) adjective

1. connected with Rome, especially ancient Rome. Roman coins.

2. (no capital) (of printing) in ordinary upright letters like these.

noun

a person belonging to Rome, especially to ancient Rome.

Roman alphabet

the alphabet in which Western European languages such as English are written.

Roman Catholic (also Catholic)

(a member) of the Christian church which recognizes the Pope as its head.

Roman Catholicism (also Catholicism)

the beliefs, government etc of the Roman Catholic Church.

Roman numerals

I,II,III etc, as opposed to the Arabic numerals 1,2,3 etc.

roman

→ رومانيّ římský romersk römisch ρωμαϊκός romano roomalainen Romain rimski romano ローマの 로마의 Romeins romersk rzymski romano римский romersk ที่เกี่ยวกับโรม Romalı thuộc La Mã 罗马的

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"The King's garden is not the world, you foolish squib," said a big Roman Candle; "the world is an enormous place, and it would take you three days to see it thoroughly."

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A man of rank, too, and rich--a man who, if he had continued to serve, might have done anything; and then to throw up the service and everything else in order to go over to Roman Catholicism and turn Jesuit-- openly, too--almost triumphantly.

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She had the proud, impetuous face that goes with reddish colouring, and a Roman nose, as it did in Marie Antoinette.

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I read other books about that time, notably a small book on Grecian and Roman mythology, which I perused with such a passion for those pagan gods and goddesses that, if it had ever been a question of sacrificing to Diana, I do not really know whether I should have been able to refuse.

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And so it was that the forces under the King of the Romans pushed back the men of Henry de Montfort, and ever and ever closer to the car came the royalists until they were able to fall upon it, crying out insults against the old Earl and commanding him to come forth.

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