(rō′mən) adjective Printing
Designating or pertaining to a common style of type or letter, characterized chiefly by serifs, perpendicularity, and the greater thickness of its upright strokes than of its horizontal strokes: This line is set in roman: distinguished from italic.
—noun Roman type. Also Ro′man.

(rō·mä′) noun French
1. A type of metrical narrative, especially common in Old French literature, developed from the ancient chansons de geste.
2. A romantic novel.

(rō′mən) adjective
1. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Rome or its people.
2. Belonging to or connected with the Church of Rome or its head; Roman Catholic.
3. Somewhat aquiline: a Roman nose.
—noun
1. A native, resident, or citizen of modern Rome or a citizen of ancient Rome.
2. A Roman Catholic.
3. plural The Epistle to the Romans.
—Epistle to the Romans One of the books of the New Testament; a letter from the apostle Paul to the Christians at Rome. [<OF romain <L Romanus <Roma Rome]