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- noun Plural form of
cicerone .
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Examples
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Mrs Baynard was continually surrounded by a train of expensive loungers, under the denominations of language-masters, musicians, painters, and ciceroni; and had actually fallen into the disease of buying pictures and antiques upon her own judgment, which was far from being infallible — At length she met with an affront, which gave her disgust to Italy, and drove her back to England with some precipitation.
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Continental ciceroni must hate him, whoever he is!
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Many of these Ferráshyn are, at the same time ciceroni, or
Travels in Arabia 2003
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The ciceroni and books mention twelve other visitations, several of which are known only by name.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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For their travelling purposes, and for the duties incumbent upon them as ciceroni in their own town, many individuals learn a little Turkish; and it is their pride to persuade the Turkish pilgrims, that they are Turks, and not Arabians, however little they may like the former.
Travels in Arabia 2003
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Meccah; and all the ciceroni agree about the locality.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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Till midnight we sat chatting with the different ciceroni who came up to offer their services.
Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003
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My next step was to request the pleasure of a visit from Messrs. Hogg and Kirkwood, who were in charge of the English factories at Glass Town and Olomi; they came down stream at once, and kindly acted as ciceroni around Le
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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Everything was in the last degree curious and precious, and Mr. Osmond continued to be the kindest of ciceroni as he led her from one fine piece to another and still held his little girl by the hand.
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In this respect they are no worse than the other whole tribe of ciceroni, who assuredly are among the greatest bores that necessity imposes.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 61, No. 376, February, 1847 Various
mnichols commented on the word ciceroni
"Ciceroni" is the plural of the word "cicerone", which is already listed in Wordnik. The example cited from "The Greville Memoirs A Journal of the Reigns of King George IV and King William IV, Volume 1 (of 3)" is the best example of this, as it used both the singular and plural form of the word.
June 8, 2009