1. Adjective
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. Adjective
Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion; professing that religion.
3. Adjective
Upright; erect; -- said of the letters or kind of type ordinarily used, as distinguished from Italic characters.
4. Adjective
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. Noun
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. Noun
Roman type, letters, or print, collectively; -- in distinction from Italics.
7. Adjective
of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome); "Roman architecture"; "the old Roman wall"
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