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Cicero

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Noun

1. cicero

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

2. cicero, marcus tullius cicero, tully

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

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Cicero

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noun plural -ros
a measure for type that is somewhat larger than the pica
noun
Marcus Tullius (ˈmɑːkəs ˈtʌlɪəs). 106–43 bc, Roman consul, orator, and writer. He foiled Catiline's conspiracy (63) and was killed by Mark Antony's agents after he denounced Antony in the Philippics. His writings are regarded as a model of Latin prose
. Formerly known in English as: Tully

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Cicero

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(Marcus Tullius)106-43 b.c.; Rom. statesman, orator, & philosopher
city in NE Ill.: suburb of Chicago: pop. 86,000

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cicero

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Roman statesman, orator, and philosopher. A major figure in the last years of the Republic, he is best known for his orations against Catiline and for his mastery of Latin prose. His later writings introduced Greek philosophy to Rome.

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