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cicerone

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cic·e·ro·ne  (ss-rn, chch-, chch-rn)
n. pl. cic·e·ro·nes or cic·e·ro·ni (-n)
A guide for sightseers.
[Italian, from Latin Cicer, Cicern-, Marcus Tullius Cicero.]
cicerone [ˌsɪsəˈrəʊnɪ ˌtʃɪtʃ-]
n pl -nes, -ni [-nɪ]
a person who conducts and informs sightseers
[from Italian: antiquarian scholar, guide, after Marcus Tullius Cicero (106-43 bc), Roman consul, orator, and writer, alluding to the eloquence and erudition of these men]
cicerone
a person who acts as a guide, especially to the historical sites and antiquities of a place.
See also: Guides and Guiding
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cicerone - a guide who conducts and informs sightseers
guide - someone who shows the way by leading or advising
Translations
cicerone
n → Cicerone m


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He stood for half an hour in the crowded square before this edifice, in imminent danger from carriage-wheels, listening to a toothless old cicerone mumble in broken English the touching history of Counts Egmont and Horn; and he wrote the names of these gentlemen--for reasons best known to himself--on the back of an old letter.
The American by James, Henry View in context
My cicerone perceived the astonishment with which I gazed at this monument of savage crockery, and immediately addressed himself in the task of enlightening me: but all in vain; and to this hour the nature of the monument remains a complete mystery to me.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
On Sundays and holidays the citizens trooped down, on visiting bent, and the lonely officer on duty solaced himself by playing the cicerone - especially to the citizenesses with engaging manners and a well-developed sense of the fun that may be got out of the inspection of a ship's cabins and state-rooms.
The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context
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