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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Let all lovers of genuine relics look well to their money before they part with it to the ciceroni that swarm in the village of Waterloo.
From Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 by Charles Mackay
The eyes of the stranger lighted on her, and his voice laughed in mellow music to his companions and ciceroni.
From Under Two Flags by Ouida
The drivers of Niagara Falls are excellent ciceroni.
From By Water to the Columbian Exposition by Johanna S. Wisthaler
The first thing that the ciceroni generally take you to see in Italy are the churches, and mine would not probably have spared me one, but I was more anxious to see the University.
From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Major W. E Frye
At Thebes the royal tombs were especial objects of attention, and ciceroni led the inquisitive stranger round them just as they do to-day.
From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce
