Cecil
(Edgar Algernon) Robert 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood, 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
Robert 1st Earl of Salisbury and 1st Viscount Cecil of Cranborne, 1563–1612, British statesman (son of William Cecil).
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-. Salisbury (def. 1).
William 1st Baron Burghley or Burleigh, 1520–98, British statesman: adviser to Elizabeth I.
a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “blind.”
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Think of him as a kind of Cecil Rhodes in a loincloth and with bulging muscles.
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‘The Butler’ Fact Check: How True Is This True Story? | Kevin Fallon | August 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAlmost 50 years later, Cecil wears that very tie to the White House when he goes to meet Barack Obama for the first time.
‘The Butler’ Fact Check: How True Is This True Story? | Kevin Fallon | August 16, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Robert Cecil, earl of Salisbury, died; an English statesman, the ablest minister of his time.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellFor it was mother Martha and not her daughter who had obeyed Mrs. Cecil's imperative: "Come here!"
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondHe's going to make a man of himself, for himself, by himself—without you or even dear Mrs. Cecil interfering.
Dorothy at Skyrie | Evelyn RaymondAmong 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 RaymondIf 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
/ (ˈsɛsəl, ˈsɪs-) /
Lord David. 1902–86, English literary critic and biographer
Robert . See (3rd Marquess of) Salisbury 2
William. See (William Cecil) Burghley
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