cicerone

noun

Definition of ciceronenext
as in guide

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Recent Examples of cicerone As a cicerone and the founder of beer-tour company LA Beer Hop, Mooney’s path overlapped with the pizza community for years. — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026 Jen Blair, 45, is one of 28 master cicerones, or beer experts, in the world, only five of whom are women. — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025 Here our cicerone stopped and turned back to address us. — Literary Hub, 8 Oct. 2025 Producing full-bodied, low-carb beers can be difficult, but the challenge has inspired innovation, Katherine Benecke, a cicerone at Treadwell Park in New York City, told Fox News Digital. — Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2025 The advanced cicerone — a cicerone is like a sommelier, but for beer rather than wine — also writes a Substack about drinking and music, Beer & Soul. — Chloe Veltman, NPR, 13 June 2025 In both her garden and her paintings, color is the cicerone that guides Lauter’s audience through emotional journeys fraught with personal iconography and symbolic meditations on life and mortality. — Mayer Rus, Architectural Digest, 6 Sep. 2024 Founder and brew master David Reese is the only advanced cicerone in the state and one of only 139 in the world, earning this certification for his advanced knowledge of beer and flavors. — Kelsey Ogletree, Southern Living, 16 Jan. 2024 Dealing with the passion of the artist through the complexity of the man, Cooper inhabits Bernstein and Maestro’s compositions with Nézet-Séguin as his cicerone. Like Maestro Cooper, Nézet-Séguin lost himself within the music of the film and the power of the art form while channeling Bernstein. — A.d. Amorosi, SPIN, 20 Dec. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cicerone
  1. guide
  2. mentor
  3. adviser
  4. teacher
Noun
  • Katrina Prowess, another Queens of the Crypt guide, shared a story about an alleged ghost at the Clothing Warehouse.
    — Madeline Montgomery, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The new show, which as yet is unnamed, will be a practical guide to buying and cooking produce seasonally for health and financial security.
    — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of guide
Noun
  • Dilraba Dilmurat plays the team’s star striker, while Lay Zhang serves as its kung fu mentor, helping the players combine martial arts mastery with soccer skills to overcome formidable opponents and setbacks on and off the field.
    — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The Society for Editing, the annual award recognizes leaders who actively mentor journalists, shape careers and foster inclusive newsrooms.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of mentor
Noun
  • JPMorgan making billions of dollars of direct investments in nascent companies is a departure from its usual role as a lender and advisor.
    — Hugh Son, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026
  • And the fourth was about how Bush’s advisers fought bitterly and were split on economic policy.
    — Bob Woodward, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of adviser
Noun
  • In 2024, two Michigan high school students were sitting in the bleachers during a student-teacher basketball game when their physical education teacher collapsed from cardiac arrest.
    — Meng Yang, Time, 18 Oct. 2026
  • When the Gulf state launched its golden visa in 2019, the government offered 10-year residency to people who could invest at least $545,000 into property as well as to researchers, teachers and specialized talent.
    — Mia Osmonbekov, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of teacher

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“Cicerone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cicerone. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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