Roman

[ roh-muh n ]

/ ˈroʊ mən /

adjective

of or relating to the ancient or modern city of Rome, or to its inhabitants and their customs and culture: Roman restaurants.

of or relating to the ancient kingdom, republic, and empire whose capital was the city of Rome.

of a kind or character regarded as typical of the ancient Romans: Roman virtues.

(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.

of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church.

noting, pertaining to, or resembling the architecture of ancient Rome, especially 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.

written in or pertaining to Roman numerals.

noun

a native, inhabitant, or citizen of ancient or modern Rome.

the dialect of Italian spoken in Rome.

(usually lowercase) roman type or lettering.

Disparaging. a member of the Roman Catholic Church.

Rare. the Latin language.

a male given name.

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Origin of Roman

before 900; < Latin Rōmānus (see Rome, -an); replacing Middle English Romain < Old French < Latin, as above; replacing Old English Roman(e) < Latin, as above

OTHER WORDS FROM Roman

an·ti-Ro·man, adjective, nounnon-Ro·man, adjective, nounpost-Ro·man, adjectivepre-Ro·man, adjective, noun

pseu·do-Ro·man, adjective, noun

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Example sentences from the Web for anti-roman

As we hear in Mark 15:7, he was apparently an insurrectionist, an anti-Roman revolutionary, and had killed someone in a skirmish.
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There was anarchy in Syracuse for a time, the Roman and anti-Roman parties striving for supremacy.
The Story of Great Inventions|Elmer Ellsworth Burns
Parthia was languishing and drooping as an anti-Roman state, when the last of the Arsacid expired.
The Caesars|Thomas de Quincey
But these surely increased; and the Mithridatic war, in which Athens had taken the anti-Roman side, changed all for the worse.
The Evolution of States|J. M. Robertson

The movement of 1833 started out o£ the anti-Roman feelings of the Emancipation time.
The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3)|John Morley
It was anti-Roman as much as it was anti-sectarian and anti-erastian.
The Life of William Ewart Gladstone, Vol. 1 (of 3)|John Morley

British Dictionary definitions for anti-roman (1 of 4)

anti-roman

/ French (ɑ̃tirɔmɑ̃) /

noun plural anti-romans (ɑ̃tirɔmɑ̃)

another term for antinovel

Word Origin for anti-roman

literally: anti-novel

British Dictionary definitions for anti-roman (2 of 4)

roman¹

/ (ˈrəʊmən) /

adjective

of, relating to, or denoting a vertical style of printing type: the usual form of type for most printed matterCompare italic

noun

roman type or print

Word Origin for roman

C16: so called because the style of letters is that used in ancient Roman inscriptions

British Dictionary definitions for anti-roman (3 of 4)

roman²

/ (French rɔmɑ̃) /

noun

a metrical narrative in medieval French literature derived from the chansons de geste

British Dictionary definitions for anti-roman (4 of 4)

Roman

/ (ˈrəʊmən) /

adjective

of or relating to Rome or its inhabitants in ancient or modern times

of or relating to Roman Catholicism or the Roman Catholic Church

denoting, relating to, or having the style of architecture used by the ancient Romans, characterized by large-scale masonry domes, barrel vaults, and semicircular arches

noun

a citizen or inhabitant of ancient or modern Rome

informal short for Roman Catholic

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Idioms and Phrases with anti-roman

Roman

see when in Rome do as the Romans do.