CICERO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cicero mean? 

• CICERO (noun)
  The noun CICERO has 2 senses:

1. a linear unit of the size of type slightly larger than an em

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

  Familiarity information: CICERO used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CICERO (noun)

Sense 1

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Cicero; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Tully

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)

 Context examples 

Imagine with thyself, courteous reader, how often I then wished for the tongue of Demosthenes or Cicero, that might have enabled me to celebrate the praise of my own dear native country in a style equal to its merits and felicity.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)