What is "roman"

Roman \Ro"man\, n.

1. 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.

2. Roman type, letters, or print, collectively; -- in distinction from Italics.

Roman \Ro"man\, a. [L. Romanus, fr. Roma Rome: cf. F. romain. Cf. Romaic, Romance, Romantic.]

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

3. (Print.) (a) Upright; erect; -- said of the letters or kind of type ordinarily used, as distinguished from Italic characters. (b) Expressed in letters, not in figures, as I., IV., i., iv., etc.; -- said of numerals, as distinguished from the Arabic numerals, 1, 4, etc. Roman alum (Chem.), a cubical potassium alum formerly obtained in large quantities from Italian alunite, and highly valued by dyers on account of its freedom from iron. Roman balance, a form of balance nearly resembling the modern steelyard. See the Note under Balance, n.,

   1. Roman candle, a kind of firework (generally held in the hand), characterized by the continued emission of shower of sparks, and the ejection, at intervals, of brilliant balls or stars of fire which are thrown upward as they become ignited.

      Roman Catholic, of, pertaining to, or the religion of that church of which the pope is the spiritual head; as, a Roman Catholic priest; the Roman Catholic Church.

      Roman cement, a cement having the property of hardening under water; a species of hydraulic cement.

      Roman law. See under Law.

      Roman nose, a nose somewhat aquiline.

      Roman ocher, a deep, rich orange color, transparent and durable, used by artists.
      --Ure.

      Roman order (Arch.), the composite order. See Composite, a.,

Composite \Com*pos"ite\ (?; 277), a. [L. compositus made up of parts, p. p. of componere. See Compound, v. t., and cf. Compost.]

1. Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language.

   Happiness, like air and water . . . is composite.
   --Landor.

2. (Arch.) Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital.

3. (Bot.) Belonging to the order Composit[ae]; bearing involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion.

   Composite carriage, a railroad car having compartments of different classes. [Eng.]

   Composite number (Math.), one which can be divided exactly by a number exceeding unity, as 6 by 2 or 3..

   Composite photograph or Composite portrait, one made by a combination, or blending, of several distinct photographs.
   --F. Galton.

   Composite sailing (Naut.), a combination of parallel and great circle sailing.

   Composite ship, one with a wooden casing and iron frame.

"a novel," 1765, from French roman, from Old French romanz (see romance (n.)); roman à clef, novel in which characters represent real persons, literally "novel with a key" (French), first attested in English 1893. And, for those who can't get enough of it, roman policier "a story of police detection" (1928).

Old English, from Latin Romanus "of Rome, Roman," from Roma "Rome" (see Rome). The adjective is c.1300, from Old French Romain. The Old English adjective was romanisc, which yielded Middle English Romanisshe.\n

\nAs a type of numeral (usually contrasted to Arabic) it is attested from 1728; as a type of lettering (based on the upright style typical of Roman inscriptions, contrasted to Gothic, or black letter, and italic) it is recorded from 1510s. Roman nose is from 1620s. Roman candle as a type of fireworks is recorded from 1834. Roman Catholic is attested from c.1600, a conciliatory formation from the time of the Spanish Match, replacing Romanist, Romish which by that time had the taint of insult in Protestant England.

a. 1 (context of type English) upright, as opposed to italic. 2 (context of text computing English) Of or related to the Latin alphabet.

A Roman or Romans is a thing or person of or from the city of Rome.

Roman or Romans may also refer to:

ROMAN (with the DAC division) is a truck and bus manufacturer from Brașov, Romania. The company was established after World War II on the foundation of the old ROMLOC automotive factory built in 1921. In the spirit of the communist days, the industrial plant was named Steagul Roşu ( Red Flag). As of 2000 almost 750,000 trucks had been produced.

is the twenty-second single of J-pop idol group Morning Musume and was released May 12, 2004. It sold a total of 87,255 copies. The single peaked at #4 on the weekly Oricon charts, charting for six weeks.

The single was certified Gold by RIAJ for physical sales of over 100,000 units.

The Single V DVD was also released on the same day. The single was also released in a limited editlon which came in special packaging with five B3-sized mini posters.

Roman is a 2006 suspense-horror film starring Lucky McKee (who also wrote the script) as Roman.

Roman is a male first name. It has distant origins dating back to the Roman Empire and the Latin language. It comes from the Latin word "romanus", which means "of Rome". In this initial sense, the title "Roman" means "a citizen of the Roman Empire", a man of Roman (or Byzantine) culture, Latin or Greek. The name day festival for Roman may take place on different days depending on the country.

Variations of the name include:

• French: Romain
• German: Roman
• Hungarian: Román
• Italian: Romano
• Portuguese: Romão
• Spanish: Román
• Polish, Czech: Roman
• Russian: Роман (Roman)
• Ukrainian: Роман (Roman)

Roman may refer to:

Roman is the fifth story CD released by the fantasy band Sound Horizon. It was released on November 22, 2006 through King Records. From Roman Revo himself started singing in the songs. Katsura Yukimaru also made a manga inspirated by Roman under the same name.

"Roman" is the first mini album by the South Korean boy band Teen Top. It was released on July 26, 2011 with the song "No More Perfume on You" as the title track.

Roman or Romans is the surname of:

• Adalberto Román (born 1987), Paraguayan footballer
• Aída Román (born 1988), Mexican archer
• Alexandru Roman (1826-1897), Romanian publisher and academic, one of the founding members of the Romanian Academy
• Brian P. Roman, American astronomer
• Johan Helmich Roman (1694-1758), Swedish composer
• Mihai Roman (born 1984), Romanian footballer
• Mihai Roman (footballer born 1992), Romanian footballer
• Nick Roman (1947-2003), American football player
• Petre Roman (born 1946), Romanian politician, Prime Minister of Romania (1989-1991)
• Ruth Roman (1922-1999), American actress
• Valter Roman (1913-1983), Romanian communist activist, politician and military official, father of Petre Roman
• Bernard Romans (1741-1784), Dutch-born navigator, surveyor, cartographer, naturalist, engineer, soldier, promoter and writer
• Dale Romans (born 1966), American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer