Cecil

[ ses-uhl, sis- or, for 5, see-suhl ]

noun
  1. (Edgar Algernon) Robert 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.

  2. Robert 1st Earl of Salisbury and 1st Viscount Cecil of Cranborne, 1563–1612, British statesman (son of William Cecil).

  1. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-. Salisbury (def. 1).

  2. William 1st Baron Burghley or Burleigh, 1520–98, British statesman: adviser to Elizabeth I.

  3. a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “blind.”

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How to use Cecil in a sentence

  • Robert Cecil, earl of Salisbury, died; an English statesman, the ablest minister of his time.

  • For it was mother Martha and not her daughter who had obeyed Mrs. Cecil's imperative: "Come here!"

    Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn Raymond
  • He's going to make a man of himself, for himself, by himself—without you or even dear Mrs. Cecil interfering.

    Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn Raymond
  • Among them Mrs. Cecil, with a sudden realization of her eighty years of cushioned ease and her one hour of sitting on a board.

    Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn Raymond
  • If he were crestfallen he did not show it, and in that respect the worthy smith and Mrs. Cecil both were disappointed.

    Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn Raymond

British Dictionary definitions for Cecil

Cecil

/ (ˈsɛsəl, ˈsɪs-) /


noun
  1. Lord David. 1902–86, English literary critic and biographer

  2. Robert . See (3rd Marquess of) Salisbury 2

  1. William. See (William Cecil) Burghley

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