cicerone
Americannoun
plural
cicerones,plural
ciceroninoun
Etymology
Origin of cicerone
1720–30; Italian < Latin Cicerōnem, accusative of Cicerō Cicero, the guide being thought of as having the knowledge and eloquence of Cicero
Example Sentences
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A surprising glimpse, a quarter-century into the millennium: The reassuring figure of the Anglican clergyman—enthusiast; amateur; generous of spirit, perhaps to a fault—acting cicerone among a dozen churches he’s identified as “buildings that made Christianity.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
Ms. Mion said she finds it reassuring to know that, when the time comes for Edoardo to join in the family business, he can rely on his father as a cicerone.
From New York Times • Apr. 16, 2022
A certified cicerone, co-owner Chris Elford also helped start the great beer joint Proletariat in New York’s East Village.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2016
So I called on a friend I will call Cicero to be my cicerone.
From The Guardian • Oct. 15, 2016
On the entrance of so illustrious a person as Cicero on the historical scene, it is fit that we should act the part of cicerone, for the purpose of introducing him.
From The Comic History of Rome by Becket, Gilbert Abbott ?
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