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Rouman, n. and a.|ˈruːmən|
Also Ruman.
[ad. F. Roumain, ad. the native name Român: cf. Romanian n. and a.]
A. n.
1. = Romanian n. 1.
1856H. Stanley Rouman Anthol. Pref. p. ix, The descent of the Roumans from the legionaries of Trajan and Aurelian. 1878Chambers's Encycl. VI. 512/2 Every Ruman who possesses a small yearly income is eligible for a seat in parliament. 1888Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 269/2 These peculiarities are common to the Roumans north of the Danube. 1957Encycl. Brit. XIX. 637/1 Tradition, embodied in a local chronicle of the 16th century entitled ‘History of the Ruman land since the arrival of the Rumans’..gives 1290 as the date of the founding of the Walachian state.
2. = Romanian n. 2.
1856H. Stanley Rouman Anthol. Pref. p. xi, The Latinity of Rouman is..sadly disguised under the Cyrillic alphabet.
B. adj. = Romanian a.
1856H. Stanley (title), Rouman Anthology; or, Selections of Rouman Poetry. Ibid. Pref. p. xi, The leading peculiarity of the Rouman language. 1883Science II. 114/2 The Rouman language and Rouman institutions were examined in detail. 1957[see sense A. 1 above].
Hence Rouˈmanicize, ˈRoumanize v., to make Romanian in character or form; ˈRoumanish = Romanian n. 2.
1876Whitney Lang. & Its Study 296 Romance Languages:..(7) Roumanish, (8) Wallachian. 1894Westm. Gaz. 7 Sept. 2/3 Towns of purely German foundation and name,..which it is impossible either to ‘Magyarise’ or to ‘Roumanize’. 1903Contemp. Rev. Feb. 242 The principle of Roumanicising the Jews in the schools succeeded. |