CICERONE  , a See also:

• GUIDE (in Mid. Eng. gyde, from the Fr. guide; the earlier French form was guie, English " guy," the d was due to the Italian form guida; the ultimate origin is probably Teutonic, the word being connected with the base seen in O. Eng. witan, to know)

guide, one who conducts visitors to museums, galleries, &c., and explains matters of archaeological, antiquarian, historic or See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic See also:

• INTEREST

interest . The word is presumably taken from See also:

• MARCUS

Marcus Tullius See also:

• CICERO

Cicero, as a type of learning and eloquence . The New See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• DICTIONARY

Dictionary finds examples of the use earlier in English than See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian, the earliest See also:

• QUOTATION

quotation being from See also:

• ADDISON, JOSEPH (1672-1719)

Addison's Dialogues on Medals (published posthumously i 726) . It appears that the word was first applied to " learned antiquarians who show and explain to foreigners the antiquities and curiosities of the See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country " (quotation of 1762 in the New English Dictionary) .