From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishromanro‧man /ˈrəʊmən $ ˈroʊ-/ noun [uncountable] technicalTCN the ordinary style of printing that uses small upright letters, like the style used for printing these words → font, italicsRomanRoman adjective [usually before noun] 1 SGrelating to ancient Rome or the Roman Empire an old Roman road the Roman occupation of Britain2 SGrelating to the city of Rome —Roman noun [countable]
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Roman• The picture Weiser begins drawing on the white board looks like a diagram of a Roman army.• It would be just her and Roman at the breakfast-table.• It's a Roman Catholic boarding school attached to a Benedictine Monastery.• The Alliance Party had a slightly Roman Catholic image with the man in the street.• First she posed as a Roman centurion and did a bit of torture.• Under Augustus legislation was passed to allow freed slaves to marry and their children to become Roman citizens.• The high grey walls of the Roman fort provided a screen for these modern soldiers and their bizarre equipment. 