|  Roman 
 
 1. a resident of modern Rome (Freq. 3)
 • Hypernyms:
 Italian
 • Member Holonyms:
 Rome, Roma, Eternal City, Italian capital, capital of Italy
 2. an inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire
 • Derivationally related forms:
 Romanic
 • Hypernyms:
 European
 • Hyponyms:
 palatine
 • Instance Hyponyms:
 Agrippina, Agrippina the Elder, Agrippina the Younger
 • Member Holonyms:
 Roman Empire
 
 1. relating to or characteristic of people of Rome (Freq. 2)
 - Roman virtues
 - his Roman bearing in adversity
 - a Roman nose
 2. of or relating to or derived from Rome (especially ancient Rome) (Freq. 2)
 - Roman architecture
 - the old Roman wall
 • Syn:
 Romanic
 • Pertains to noun:
 Rome
 • Derivationally related forms:
 roman (for: Romanic), Roman (for: Romanic)
 • Topics:
 antiquity
 • Regions:
 Rome, Roma, Eternal City, Italian capital, capital of Italy
 3. characteristic of the modern type that most directly represents the type used in ancient Roman inscriptions
 • Pertains to noun:
 roman
 • Derivationally related forms:
 roman
 4. of or relating to or supporting Romanism
 - the Roman Catholic Church
 • Syn:
 R.C., Romanist, romish, Roman Catholic, popish,
 papist, papistic, papistical
 • Pertains to noun:
 Romanism (for: Roman Catholic), Romanism (for: romish), Romanism (for: Romanist), Romanism (for: R.C.), Romanism
 • Derivationally related forms:
 papist (for: papistical), papist (for: papistic), papist (for: papist)
 
 
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