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cicerone (n.)

"a local guide to antiquities and curiosities in Italy," 1726, from Italian cicerone, from Latin Ciceronem, from the name of the great Roman orator (see Ciceronian). Traditionally the local guides were so called in reference to their florid loquacity.

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Definitions of cicerone from WordNet

cicerone (n.)
a guide who conducts and informs sightseers;
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