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See roman

English

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Etymology

From Romain < Romanus

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈɹəʊm.ən/,
  • , IPA: /ˈɹoʊmən/,
  • An audio transcript can be found at en-us-Roman.ogg


Proper noun

Romans

  1. A native or resident of Rome.
  2. A native or resident of the Roman Empire


Translations

Adjective

  1. Of or from Rome.
  2. Of or from the Roman Empire
  3. In the Context of supporting or using a Western European character set.


Translations

Derived terms

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Czech

Proper noun

  1. {{given name|male||cs:}} derived from Romanus.


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German

Etymology 1

From

Noun

  1. In the Context of novel


Etymology 2

saint's name Romanus.

Proper noun

  1. {{given name|male||de:}}


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Polish

Proper noun

  1. {{given name|male||pl:}} derived from Romanus.


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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Composite \Com*pos"ite\ (?; 277), a. [L. compositus made up of
parts, p. p. of componere. See Compound, v. t., and cf.
Compost.]
1. Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a
composite language.
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Happiness, like air and water . . . is composite.
--Landor.
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2. (Arch.) Belonging to a certain order which is composed of
the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called
also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the
five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the
sixteenth century. See Capital.
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3. (Bot.) Belonging to the order Composit[ae]; bearing
involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy,
thistle, and dandelion.
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Composite carriage, a railroad car having compartments of
different classes. [Eng.]

Composite number (Math.), one which can be divided exactly
by a number exceeding unity, as 6 by 2 or 3..

Composite photograph or Composite portrait, one made by a
combination, or blending, of several distinct photographs.
--F. Galton.

Composite sailing (Naut.), a combination of parallel and
great circle sailing.

Composite ship, one with a wooden casing and iron frame.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Roman \Ro"man\, a. [L. Romanus, fr. Roma Rome: cf. F. romain.
Cf. Romaic, Romance, Romantic.]
1. 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.
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2. Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion;
professing that religion.
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3. (Print.)
(a) Upright; erect; -- said of the letters or kind of type
ordinarily used, as distinguished from Italic
characters.
(b) Expressed in letters, not in figures, as I., IV., i.,
iv., etc.; -- said of numerals, as distinguished from
the Arabic numerals, 1, 4, etc.
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Roman alum (Chem.), a cubical potassium alum formerly
obtained in large quantities from Italian alunite, and
highly valued by dyers on account of its freedom from
iron.

Roman balance, a form of balance nearly resembling the
modern steelyard. See the Note under Balance, n., 1.

Roman candle, a kind of firework (generally held in the
hand), characterized by the continued emission of shower
of sparks, and the ejection, at intervals, of brilliant
balls or stars of fire which are thrown upward as they
become ignited.

Roman Catholic, of, pertaining to, or the religion of that
church of which the pope is the spiritual head; as, a
Roman Catholic priest; the Roman Catholic Church.

Roman cement, a cement having the property of hardening
under water; a species of hydraulic cement.

Roman law. See under Law.

Roman nose, a nose somewhat aquiline.

Roman ocher, a deep, rich orange color, transparent and
durable, used by artists. --Ure.

Roman order (Arch.), the composite order. See Composite,
a., 2.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Roman \Ro"man\, n.
1. 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.
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2. Roman type, letters, or print, collectively; -- in
distinction from Italics.
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WordNet Roman
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of people of Rome; "Roman
virtues"; "his Roman bearing in adversity"; "a Roman
nose"
2: of or relating to or characteristic of Rome (especially
ancient Rome); "Roman architecture"; "the old Roman wall"
3: characteristic of the modern type that most directly
represents the type used in ancient Roman inscriptions
4: of or relating to or supporting Romanism; "the Roman
Catholic Church" [syn: r.c., Romanist, romish, {Roman
Catholic}, popish, papist, papistic, papistical]
n 1: a resident of modern Rome
2: an inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire
3: a typeface used in ancient Roman inscriptions [syn: {roman
type}, roman letters, roman print]
Moby Dictionary
Bildungsroman , Gothic novel , ascender , back , bastard type , beard ,
belly , bevel , black letter , body , cap , capital , case , comic novel ,
counter , descender , detective novel , dime novel , dreadful , em , en ,
epistolary novel , erotic novel , face , fat-faced type , feet , font ,
groove , historical novel , italic , letter , ligature , logotype ,
lower case , majuscule , minuscule , nick , nouvelle , novel ,
novel of character , novel of ideas , novel of incident ,
novel of manners , novel of sensibility , novelette , novella ,
penny dreadful , pi , pica , picaresque novel , point ,
pornographic novel , print , problem novel , proletarian novel ,
propaganda novel , psychological novel , regional novel , river novel ,
roman a clef , roman-fleuve , sans serif , satirical novel ,
science-fiction novel , script , sentimental novel , shank ,
shilling shocker , short story , short-short , shoulder , small cap ,
small capital , sociological novel , stamp , stem , storiette ,
stream-of-consciousness novel , thesis novel , type , type body ,
type class , type lice , typecase , typeface , typefounders ,
typefoundry , upper case , vignette


Roman, strong; powerful
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