Roman

Meaning

Adj

1. Of or from Rome.
2. Of or from the Roman Empire.
3. Of or from the Byzantine Empire.
4. Of noble countenance but with little facial expression.
5. Supporting the characters of the Latin alphabet.
6. (colloquial) Used to distinguish a Roman numeral from an Arabic numeral in oral discourse.
7. A font that is upright, as opposed to oblique or italic. (See roman font.)
8. Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church or the Holy See.
9. Of a style characterised by the size and boldness of its round arches and vaults, and having baths, aqueducts, basilicas, amphitheatres, etc.

Noun

1. A native or resident of Rome.
2. A native or resident of the Roman Empire.
3. A native or resident of the Byzantine Empire.
4. The Roman script.
5. A single letter or character in Roman type.
6. A Roman Catholic.

Name

1. A male given name from Latin recently borrowed from continental Europe.
2. A surname.
3. A city in Neamț, Romania

Synonyms

Roman Catholic

romish

Catholic

R.C.

papistical

popish

Romanic

Latin

Latin alphabet

papist

papistic

Roman alphabet

Romanist

Romish

inhabitant of Rome

novel

Roman type

Roman letters

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.

Sentences

Roman commerce allowed its empire to flourish and endure .