cicerone
\ sis-uh-ROH-nee, chich-uh-; It . chee-che-RAW-ne \ , noun;
1.a person who conducts sightseers; guide.
Quotes:
"Intelligent old girl, I should say, sir," continued the cicerone , regardless of the Doctor's look of disgust…
-- John William DeForest, "Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty," 1867
I had no convenient cicerone in the pattern of the Utopian books.
-- H. G. Wells, "The Time Machine ," 1895
Origin:
Cicerone is the accusative form of the name Cicero because a guide was thought to have the knowledge and eloquence of Cicero.
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