Roman
Meaning
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- Of or from Rome.
- Of or from the Roman Empire.
- Of or from the Byzantine Empire.
- Of noble countenance but with little facial expression.
- Supporting the characters of the Latin alphabet.
- (colloquial) Used to distinguish a Roman numeral from an Arabic numeral in oral discourse.
- A font that is upright, as opposed to oblique or italic. (See roman font.)
- Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church or the Holy See.
- Of a style characterised by the size and boldness of its round arches and vaults, and having baths, aqueducts, basilicas, amphitheatres, etc.
Frequency
Hyphenated as
Ro‧man
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɹəʊ.mən/
Etymology
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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