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roman
Adjective
  • Upright, as opposed to italic. of type
  • Of or related to the Latin alphabet. of text, computing
Roman
Adjective
  • Of or from Rome.
  • Of or from the Roman Empire
  • supporting or using a Western European character set. of type or text
  • Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church or the Holy See.
Noun
  • A native or resident of Rome.
  • A native or resident of the Roman Empire. historical
  • Used to distinguish a Roman numeral from an Arabic numeral in oral discourse. law, colloquial
  • The Roman script. uncountable
Proper noun
  • A male given name recently borrowed from continental Europe.