Roman

Universal Words adjective, noun adjective 1 of or connected with ancient Rome or the Roman Empire: a Roman road / temple / villa * Roman Britain 2 of or connected with the modern city of Rome 3 of or connected with the Roman Catholic Church: the Roman rite 4 roman type is ordinary upright printing type: Definitions in this dictionary are printed in roman type. compareITALIC noun 1 [C] a member of the ancient Roman republic or empire: after the Romans invaded Britain 2 [C] a person from the modern city of Rome 3 (roman) [U] the ordinary style of printing that uses small upright letters, like these words compareITALICS IDIOMS see ROME