cicerone
noun
a person who conducts sightseers; guide.
ciceroni
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pluralof cicerone.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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A visit to the Studio Powers—or Pousse, as the ciceroni and valets-de-place called it—was an obligatory part of the tourist's regular work in "doing" Florence.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 86, February, 1875 by Various
The drivers of Niagara Falls are excellent ciceroni.
From By Water to the Columbian Exposition by Johanna S. Wisthaler
Nor are the professional local ciceroni much more to be trusted.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 by Various
In this respect they are no worse than the other whole tribe of ciceroni, who assuredly are among the greatest bores that necessity imposes.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 by Various
He neither took any rest himself nor allowed others to do so; he exhausted all his ciceroni, always repeating, "I must see it."
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 12 by John Rudd
