Definition of Roman

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Definition of Roman

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.

Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion; professing that religion.

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

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

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

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Roman Quotations

The Holy Roman Empire is neither Holy, nor Roman, nor an Empire.
Voltaire

I am an Epicurean. I consider the genuine (not the imputed) doctrines of Epicurus as containing everything rational in moral philosophy which Greek and Roman leave to us.
Thomas Jefferson

Roman civilization had achieved, within the bounds of its technology, relatively as great a mastery of time and space as we have achieved today.
Arthur Erickson

The Sixties are now considered a historical period, just like the Roman Empire.
Dave Barry

I've always wondered why there isn't a great French novel about the German occupation. The nouveau roman authors weren't interested in telling that sort of thing.
Manuel Puig

Roman Translations

Roman in Dutch is Romeins
Roman in French is Romain
Roman in Portuguese is romano
Roman in Spanish is romano
Roman in Swedish is romersk, romare


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