From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Cicerone \Ci'ce*ro"ne\, noun; pl. It. {Ciceroni}, E. {Cicerones}. [It., fr. L. Cicero, the Roman orator. So called from the ordinary talkativeness of such a guide.] One who shows strangers the curiosities of a place; a guide.
Every glib and loquacious hireling who shows strangers about their picture galleries, palaces, and ruins, is termed by them [the Italians] a cicerone, or a Cicero. --Trench.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a guide who conducts and informs sightseers [also: {ciceroni} (pl)]
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