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What does roman mean?

Definitions for roman
ˈroʊ mənro·man

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word roman.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. Romannoun

    a resident of modern Rome

  2. Romannoun

    an inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire

  3. roman, roman type, roman letters, roman printadjective

    a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions

  4. Romanadjective

    relating to or characteristic of people of Rome

    "Roman virtues"; "his Roman bearing in adversity"; "a Roman nose"

  5. Roman, Romanicadjective

    of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome)

    "Roman architecture"; "the old Roman wall"

  6. Romanadjective

    characteristic of the modern type that most directly represents the type used in ancient Roman inscriptions

  7. Roman, R.C., Romanist, romish, Roman Catholic, popish, papist, papistic, papisticaladjective

    of or relating to or supporting Romanism

    "the Roman Catholic Church"

Wiktionary

  1. romanadjective

    Upright, as opposed to italic.

  2. romanadjective

    Of or related to the Latin alphabet.

  3. Romannoun

    A native or resident of Rome.

  4. Romannoun

    A native or resident of the Roman Empire

  5. Romannoun

    The Roman script

  6. Romanadjective

    Of or from Rome.

  7. Romanadjective

    Of or from the Roman Empire

  8. Romanadjective

    supporting or using a Western European character set.

  9. Romanadjective

    Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church or the Holy See.

  10. Romannoun

    recently borrowed from continental Europe.

  11. Etymology: From Romain, from Romanus.

ChatGPT

  1. roman

    Roman usually refers to something associated with the city of Rome or the Roman Empire, which was a major political and cultural power in the ancient world, covering large parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia. It can also refer to the people, culture, or language of ancient Rome, known as Latin. In Arts and Literature, 'Roman' refers to a specific style of typeface or a genre of French literature. The term can also be used as a name in many cultures. It is a multilayered term that needs to be interpreted within context.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Romanadjective

    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

  2. Romanadjective

    of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion; professing that religion

  3. Romanadjective

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

  4. Romanadjective

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

  5. Romannoun

    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

  6. Romannoun

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

  7. Etymology: [L. Romanus, fr. Roma Rome: cf. F. romain. Cf. Romaic, Romance, Romantic.]

Wikidata

  1. Roman

    Roman is a city with the title of municipality located in the central part of Moldavia, a traditional region of Romania. It is located 46 km east of Piatra Neamţ, in actual Neamţ County at the confluence of the Siret and Moldova rivers. Its name was taken from Moldavian Voivode Roman I of Moldavia, believed to be its founder. Roman's first son was Alexandru cel Bun. From here prince Roman has realized the centralization of Moldavia, Roman city being capital of Below Country of Moldavia .

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Roman

    rō′man, adj. pertaining to Rome or to the Romans: pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion, papal: (print.) noting the letters commonly used, as opposed to Italics: written in letters (as IV.), not in figures (as 4).—n. a native or citizen of Rome: a Romanist in religion: a Roman letter or type.—adj. Roman′ic, pertaining to Rome or its people.—n. Romanisā′tion.—v.t. Rō′manīse, to convert to the Roman Catholic religion: to Latinise: to represent by Roman letters or types.—v.i. to conform to Roman Catholic opinions or practices: to print in Roman letters.—n. Romanī′ser.—adj. Rō′manish, pertaining to Romanism.—ns. Rō′manism, the tenets of the Roman Catholic Church; Rō′manist, a Roman Catholic.—adj. Roman Catholic.—adj. Rō′mano-Byzan′tine, pertaining to an early medieval style of architecture in which Byzantine and Western elements are combined.—ns. Rome′-penn′y, -scot, Peter's pence.—adv. Rome′ward, toward the Roman Catholic Church.—adj. Rō′mish, belonging to Rome, or to the Roman Catholic Church.—n. Rō′mist.—Roman architecture, a style characterised by the size and boldness of its round arches and vaults, &c.—baths, aqueducts, basilicas, amphitheatres, &c.; Roman candle, a firework discharging a succession of white or coloured stars; Roman Catholic, denoting those who recognise the spiritual supremacy of the Pope or Bishop of Rome—as a noun, a member of the Roman Catholic Church; Roman Catholicism, the doctrines and polity of the Roman Catholic Church collectively; Roman cement, a cement which hardens under water; Roman collar, a collar made of lawn or fine linen, bound and stitched, worn by priests over a black collar, by bishops over a purple, and cardinals over a scarlet; Roman Empire, the ancient empire of Rome, divided in the 4th century into the Eastern and Western Empires; Roman law, the civil law.—Holy Roman Empire (see Holy). [L. Romanus—Roma, Rome.]

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. ROMAN

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Roman is ranked #452 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Roman surname appeared 72,918 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 25 would have the surname Roman.

    75.6% or 55,177 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    20.7% or 15,160 total occurrences were White.
    1.8% or 1,356 total occurrences were Black.
    0.9% or 707 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.5% or 372 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.2% or 146 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'roman' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2300

  2. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'roman' in Nouns Frequency: #2252

  3. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'roman' in Adjectives Frequency: #309

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Anagrams for roman »

  1. manor

  2. moran

  3. Moran

  4. morna

  5. norma

  6. Norma

  7. ramon

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of roman in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of roman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of roman in a Sentence

  1. Glenn Godenho:

    Add to this a hoard of coins with Cleopatras portrait on them, and other Greco-Roman period finds not [the] least, fragments of statuary and mummies and we can certainly say that Taposiris Magna was active during Cleopatras reign.

  2. Voltaire:

    This agglomeration which was called and which still calls itself the Holy Roman Empire was neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire.

  3. Mathew Morris:

    You can see the direction the Roman workers were laying the stones in, you can see at one point one of the lines started to bend off and so they’ve had to turn one line into three to create a straight edge again, it’s these little human touches and errors that you can see in it that are important because they give you those glimpses into how it was made, who made it and their attitude to work, that gives you that real insight into the people of Roman Leicester.

  4. Anthony Scaramucci:

    This is the problem with the leaking, this is actually a terrible thing. Let’s say I ’m firing Michael Short today. The fact that you guys know about it before he does really upsets me as a human being and as a Roman Catholic.

  5. William Webber:

    It's tragic to see this destruction, each time you see this, you think it can't happen again, but it does. Now other Greco-Roman treasures are at risk around Mosul in Iraq as well as other artifacts in Palmyra and Raqqa in Syria Neighboring Syria.

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