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ro⋅man

  [raw-mahn]
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–noun, plural -mans  [-mahn] . French.
1. a metrical narrative, esp. in medieval French literature.
2. a novel.
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Ro⋅man

  [roh-muhn]
–adjective
1. of or pertaining to the ancient or modern city of Rome, or to its inhabitants and their customs and culture: Roman restaurants.
2. of or pertaining to the ancient kingdom, republic, and empire whose capital was the city of Rome.
3. of a kind or character regarded as typical of the ancient Romans: Roman virtues.
4. (usually lowercase) designating or pertaining to the upright style of printing types most commonly used in modern books, periodicals, etc., of which the main text of this dictionary is an example.
5. of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic Church.
6. noting, pertaining to, or resembling the architecture of ancient Rome, esp. the public and religious architecture, characterized by the employment of massive brick and concrete construction, with such features as the semicircular arch, the dome, and groin and barrel vaults, by the use in interiors of marble and molded stucco revetments, by the elaboration of the Greek orders as purely decorative motifs for the adornment of façades and interiors, and by an overall effect in which simplicity and grandeur of massing is often combined with much elaboration of detailing.
7. written in or pertaining to Roman numerals.
–noun
8. a native, inhabitant, or citizen of ancient or modern Rome.
9. the dialect of Italian spoken in Rome.
10. (usually lowercase) roman type or lettering.
11. Often Offensive. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.
12. Rare. the Latin language.
13. a male given name.
Origin:
bef. 900; < L Rōmānus (see Rome, -an ); r. ME Romain < OF < L, as above; r. OE Roman(e) < L, as above
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ro·man   (rō-mäɴ')   
n.  

  1. A narrative poem or a prose tale in medieval French literature.

  2. A novel.


[French, from Old French romans, romance; see romance.]
Ro·man   (rō'mən)   
adj.  

    1. Of or relating to ancient or modern Rome or its people or culture.

    2. Of or relating to the Roman Empire.

    3. Of, relating to, or composed in the Latin language.

    4. Of or using the Latin alphabet.

    1. Of, relating to, or composed in the Latin language.

    2. Of or using the Latin alphabet.

  3. Of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church.

  4. Of or being an architectural style developed by the ancient Romans and characterized by the round arch as chief structural element, the vault, concrete masonry construction, and classical ornamentation.

  5. roman Of or being a typestyle characterized by upright letters having serifs and vertical lines thicker than horizontal lines.

n.  

  1. A native, inhabitant, or citizen of ancient or modern Rome.

  2. The Italian language as spoken in Rome.

  3. One belonging to the Roman Catholic Church.

  4. roman Roman print or typestyle.

  5. Romans (used with a sing. verb) Abbr. Rom. or Rm See Table at Bible.


[Middle English, from Old English Rōmān or from Old French romain, both from Latin Rōmānus, from Rōma, Rome.]
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Word Origin & History

Roman 
O.E., from L. Romanus "of Rome, Roman," from Roma "Rome" (see Rome). The O.E. word was romanisc, which yielded M.E. Romanisshe. As a type of numeral (opposed to Arabic) it is attested from 1728; as a typeface (opposed to Gothic, or black letter, and italic) it is recorded from 1519. Roman nose is from 1624. Roman candle recorded from 1834. Roman holiday "occasion on which entertainment or profit is derived from injury or death" is from 1886, originally in ref. to holidays for gladiatorial combat. Roman Catholic is attested from 1605, originally a conciliatory formation from the time of the Spanish Match, in place of Romanist, Romish which by that time had the taint of insult in Protestant England.

roman 
"a novel," 1765, from Fr. roman, from O.Fr. romanz (see romance); roman à clef, novel in which characters represent real persons, lit. "novel with a key" (Fr.), first attested in Eng. 1893.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Idioms & Phrases

Roman

see when in Rome do as the Romans do.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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