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.
| 1856 H. Stanley Rouman Anthol. Pref. p. ix, The descent of the Roumans from the legionaries of Trajan and Aurelian. 1878 Chambers's Encycl. VI. 512/2 Every Ruman who possesses a small yearly income is eligible for a seat in parliament. 1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIV. 269/2 These peculiarities are common to the Roumans north of the Danube. 1957 Encycl. 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.
| 1856 H. Stanley Rouman Anthol. Pref. p. xi, The Latinity of Rouman is..sadly disguised under the Cyrillic alphabet. |
B. adj. = Romanian a.
| 1856 H. Stanley (title), Rouman Anthology; or, Selections of Rouman Poetry. Ibid. Pref. p. xi, The leading peculiarity of the Rouman language. 1883 Science 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.
| 1876 Whitney Lang. & Its Study 296 Romance Languages:..(7) Roumanish, (8) Wallachian. 1894 Westm. Gaz. 7 Sept. 2/3 Towns of purely German foundation and name,..which it is impossible either to ‘Magyarise’ or to ‘Roumanize’. 1903 Contemp. Rev. Feb. 242 The principle of Roumanicising the Jews in the schools succeeded. |