Cecil

American  

[ses-uhl, sis-, see-suhl] / ˈsɛs əl, ˈsɪs-, ˈsi səl /

noun

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

2. Robert 1st Earl of Salisburyand1st Viscount Cecil of Cranborne, 1563–1612, British statesman (son of William Cecil).

3. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-. Salisbury.

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

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

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Cecil British  

/ ˈsɪs-, ˈsɛsəl /

noun

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

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

3. William. See (William Cecil) Burghley

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Example Sentences

"What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Chinese meal" Karlson – born Cecil George Edwards – dramatically shouted, while resisting the officers.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

Holiday programming is an exception: Over Easter weekend, ABC will air Cecil B. DeMille’s “The Ten Commandments,” same as it has almost every year since 1973.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

One snippet seems to be an episode on Elisa Lam, the real-life tourist found dead in the rooftop water tank of Los Angeles’ Cecil Hotel.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

While her better-known contemporaries, like Cecil B. DeMille and D.W.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 25, 2026

“I want this room in inspection order when those M.P.’s barge through that door,” Cecil snapped to his men.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy