roman
- 1From or belonging to the Roman Empire of long ago.
Roman soldiers built roads and forts all across the empire.
The museum has a Roman coin with an emperor's face on it.
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- 2From the city of Rome, or having to do with it.
Roman summers are very hot, and the streets fill with tourists.
Her Roman neighbors invited her to dinner on her first night in the city.
- 3A person who was born in or lived in the Roman Empire.
The Romans built roads and bridges all over their empire.
A Roman in a faraway town still paid taxes to the emperor.
- 4A person who was born in Rome or lives there.
Our guide was a Roman who knew every little street in the old town.
Many Romans ride scooters to work.
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- 5Having to do with the Roman Catholic Church or with the pope's government in Rome.
Some of the bishops did not want Roman officials telling them what to do.
The new prayer book needed Roman approval before the bishops could use it.
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- 6Using the letters A to Z of the Latin alphabet, or roman numerals like IV and X.
The sign was in Chinese, with roman letters underneath for tourists.
The first pages of the book have roman page numbers like ii and iv.
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- 7In a style of building with big, bold round arches and curved roofs, seen in baths and arenas.
The old bank has a Roman front, with big round arches and thick columns.
Roman arches are round on top, not pointed.
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- 8Printed with letters that stand straight up, not slanted like italic letters.
The book title is in italics, but the rest of the sentence is roman.
Our teacher wants all essays typed in a plain roman font.
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- 9One of three main styles of printed letters, with the tall parts of b, d and h mostly straight.
Most books in English are printed in roman, not blackletter.
She drew a new roman for the magazine, with a matching italic.
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- 10The letters A to Z, the alphabet used to write English and many other languages.
The station signs show each name in Arabic and in Roman.
He can read Russian letters, but he types his messages to me in Roman.
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- 11Said before a number when speaking, to show it is written like IV, not like 4.
The lawyer said, 'Look at part Roman two of the contract.'
Read me what it says under Roman one.
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- 12Short for roman numeral. A number written with letters, like IV or X.
The pages before chapter one are numbered in small roman, like i, ii and iii.
Each chapter number in the book is printed as a roman, like IV or IX.
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- 14From or belonging to the Byzantine Empire of long ago.
The Roman emperor in Constantinople sent soldiers to guard the eastern border.
Gold Roman coins from Constantinople have been found far along the old trade routes.
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- 15A person who lived in the Byzantine Empire long ago.
The Romans held the city of Constantinople for many hundreds of years.
A Roman from Constantinople might travel far to trade silk.
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- 16A member of the Catholic Church.
Her grandmother was a Roman and went to Mass every Sunday.
‘Is it like―I don’t know―Catholicism? One only spots the other Romans when one’s practised it oneself?’
2006, Sarah Waters, The Night WatchHere, Romans means members of the Roman Catholic Church.SimilarCatholic
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- 17A novel, which is a long made-up story told in a book.
She read a long roman about a family living on a farm.
The writer finished his first roman when he was only twenty.
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- 18A boy's name.
- 19A family name.
- 20A single letter or other symbol printed in upright Roman type.
- 21A Romanian city in the northeast of the country.
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Origins
From the Latin word Rōmānus, meaning "of Rome", through Old French.
From Roman, meaning of ancient Rome.