roman - English dictionary definition

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Roman 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.
Roman Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion; professing that religion.
Roman Upright; erect; -- said of the letters or kind of type ordinarily used, as distinguished from Italic characters.
Roman 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 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.
Roman Roman type, letters, or print, collectively; -- in distinction from Italics.
roman a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions
roman a clef a novel in which actual persons and events are disguised as fictional characters
Roman alphabet the alphabet evolved by the ancient Romans which serves for writing most of the languages of western Europe
Roman arch a round arch drawn from a single center

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