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Cicerone
Pronunciation : Ci`ce*ro"ne, n.; pl. It. Ciceroni
Part of Speech : E.
Etymology : [It., fr. L. Cicero, the Roman orator. So called from the ordinary talkativeness of such a guide.]
Definition : Defn: One who shows strangers the curiosities of a place; a guide. Every glib and loquacious hireling who shows strangers about their picture galleries, palaces, and ruins, is termed by them [the Italians] a cicerone, or a Cicero. Trench.
Cicerones.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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