Definitions for Roman
ˈroʊ mənRo·man

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Roman(noun)

   a resident of modern Rome

2. Roman(noun)

   an inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire

3. roman, roman type, roman letters, roman print(adj)

   a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions

4. Roman(adj)

   relating to or characteristic of people of Rome

   "Roman virtues"; "his Roman bearing in adversity"; "a Roman nose"

5. Roman, Romanic(adj)

   of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome)

   "Roman architecture"; "the old Roman wall"

6. Roman(adj)

   characteristic of the modern type that most directly represents the type used in ancient Roman inscriptions

7. Roman, R.C., Romanist, romish, Roman Catholic, popish, papist, papistic, papistical(adj)

   of or relating to or supporting Romanism

   "the Roman Catholic Church"

Wiktionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. roman(Adjective)

   Upright, as opposed to italic.

   Etymology: From Romain, from Romanus.

2. roman(Adjective)

   Of or related to the Latin alphabet.

   Etymology: From Romain, from Romanus.

3. Roman(Noun)

   A native or resident of Rome.

   Etymology: From Romain, from Romanus.

4. Roman(Noun)

   A native or resident of the Roman Empire

   Etymology: From Romain, from Romanus.

5. Roman(Noun)

   The Roman script

   Etymology: From Romain, from Romanus.

6. Roman(Adjective)

   Of or from Rome.

   Etymology: From Romain, from Romanus.

7. Roman(Adjective)

   Of or from the Roman Empire

   Etymology: From Romain, from Romanus.

8. Roman(Adjective)

   supporting or using a Western European character set.

   Etymology: From Romain, from Romanus.

9. Roman(Adjective)

   Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church or the Holy See.

   Etymology: From Romain, from Romanus.

10. Roman(ProperNoun)

    recently borrowed from continental Europe.

    Etymology: From Romain, from Romanus.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Roman(adj)

   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

   Etymology: [L. Romanus, fr. Roma Rome: cf. F. romain. Cf. Romaic, Romance, Romantic.]

2. Roman(adj)

   of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion; professing that religion

   Etymology: [L. Romanus, fr. Roma Rome: cf. F. romain. Cf. Romaic, Romance, Romantic.]

3. Roman(adj)

   upright; erect; -- said of the letters or kind of type ordinarily used, as distinguished from Italic characters

   Etymology: [L. Romanus, fr. Roma Rome: cf. F. romain. Cf. Romaic, Romance, Romantic.]

4. Roman(adj)

   expressed in letters, not in figures, as I., IV., i., iv., etc.; -- said of numerals, as distinguished from the Arabic numerals, 1, 4, etc

   Etymology: [L. Romanus, fr. Roma Rome: cf. F. romain. Cf. Romaic, Romance, Romantic.]

5. Roman(noun)

   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

   Etymology: [L. Romanus, fr. Roma Rome: cf. F. romain. Cf. Romaic, Romance, Romantic.]

6. Roman(noun)

   roman type, letters, or print, collectively; -- in distinction from Italics

   Etymology: [L. Romanus, fr. Roma Rome: cf. F. romain. Cf. Romaic, Romance, Romantic.]

Freebase(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Roman

   Roman is a city with the title of municipality located in the central part of Moldavia, a traditional region of Romania. It is located 46 km east of Piatra Neamţ, in actual Neamţ County at the confluence of the Siret and Moldova rivers. Its name was taken from Moldavian Voivode Roman I of Moldavia, believed to be its founder. Roman's first son was Alexandru cel Bun. From here prince Roman has realized the centralization of Moldavia, Roman city being capital of Below Country of Moldavia .

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Roman

   rō′man, adj. pertaining to Rome or to the Romans: pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion, papal: (print.) noting the letters commonly used, as opposed to Italics: written in letters (as IV.), not in figures (as 4).—n. a native or citizen of Rome: a Romanist in religion: a Roman letter or type.—adj. Roman′ic, pertaining to Rome or its people.—n. Romanisā′tion.—v.t. Rō′manīse, to convert to the Roman Catholic religion: to Latinise: to represent by Roman letters or types.—v.i. to conform to Roman Catholic opinions or practices: to print in Roman letters.—n. Romanī′ser.—adj. Rō′manish, pertaining to Romanism.—ns. Rō′manism, the tenets of the Roman Catholic Church; Rō′manist, a Roman Catholic.—adj. Roman Catholic.—adj. Rō′mano-Byzan′tine, pertaining to an early medieval style of architecture in which Byzantine and Western elements are combined.—ns. Rome′-penn′y, -scot, Peter's pence.—adv. Rome′ward, toward the Roman Catholic Church.—adj. Rō′mish, belonging to Rome, or to the Roman Catholic Church.—n. Rō′mist.—Roman architecture, a style characterised by the size and boldness of its round arches and vaults, &c.—baths, aqueducts, basilicas, amphitheatres, &c.; Roman candle, a firework discharging a succession of white or coloured stars; Roman Catholic, denoting those who recognise the spiritual supremacy of the Pope or Bishop of Rome—as a noun, a member of the Roman Catholic Church; Roman Catholicism, the doctrines and polity of the Roman Catholic Church collectively; Roman cement, a cement which hardens under water; Roman collar, a collar made of lawn or fine linen, bound and stitched, worn by priests over a black collar, by bishops over a purple, and cardinals over a scarlet; Roman Empire, the ancient empire of Rome, divided in the 4th century into the Eastern and Western Empires; Roman law, the civil law.—Holy Roman Empire (see Holy). [L. Romanus—Roma, Rome.]

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Roman' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2300

2. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Roman' in Nouns Frequency: #2252

3. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Roman' in Adjectives Frequency: #309

Anagrams for Roman »

1. manor

2. moran, Moran

3. morna

4. norma, Norma

How to pronounce Roman?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Roman in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Roman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Roman in a Sentence

1. A. N. Wilson:

   Easter confronts us with a historical event set in time. We are faced with a story of an empty tomb, of a small group of men and women who were at one stage hiding for their lives and at the next were brave enough to face the full judicial persecution of the Roman Empire and proclaim their belief in a risen Christ.

2. Robin Rnnlund:

   Our oldest finds are from around 500 BC, but the city seems to have flourished mainly from the fourth to the third century BC before it was abandoned for some reason, maybe in connection with the Roman conquest of the area.

3. Ruby Roman:

   Ruby Roman grapes look big and red -- like a ruby. It's been a painstaking process to achieve that red color.

4. Henry Spencer:

   Programming graphics in X is like finding the square root of PI using Roman numerals.

5. Voltaire:

   This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

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