Roman

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·adj Of or pertaining to the Roman Catholic religion; professing that religion.

II. Roman ·noun Roman type, letters, or print, collectively;

— in distinction from Italics.

III. Roman ·adj Upright; erect;

— said of the letters or kind of type ordinarily used, as distinguished from Italic characters.

IV. Roman ·adj Expressed in letters, not in figures, as I., IV., i., iv., ·etc.;

— said of numerals, as distinguished from the Arabic numerals, 1, 4, ·etc.

V. Roman ·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.

VI. Roman ·adj 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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