Library / English Dictionary

CICERO

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Roman statesman and orator remembered for his mastery of Latin prose (106-43 BC)

Synonyms:

Cicero; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Tully

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

orator; public speaker; rhetorician; speechifier; speechmaker (a person who delivers a speech or oration)

national leader; solon; statesman (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("cicero" is a kind of...):

linear measure; linear unit (a unit of measurement of length)

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