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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Guerrero brought his Hall of Fame dad into a more exclusive club, joining Cecil and Prince Fielder as the only father-son duos to hit 40 home runs in a single season.
The Blue Jays are streaking towards the playoffs, which should terrify AL contenders | Neil Greenberg | September 10, 2021 | Washington PostThe dam, which spans Harford and Cecil counties in Maryland and can generate 572 megawatts of electricity, had long trapped pollutants and debris, stopping them from flowing down the river and emptying into the bay near Havre de Grace.
New 50-year Conowingo Dam license gets federal approval | Christine Condon | March 31, 2021 | Washington PostCoaches and parents in Prince George’s, Montgomery and Anne Arundel counties say they know of teams that traveled to Cecil or Harford counties, for example, to play earlier this year.
After telling more than 800 athletes and coaches to quarantine, a county halts youth sports | Ovetta Wiggins | November 30, 2020 | Washington PostThink of him as a kind of Cecil Rhodes in a loincloth and with bulging muscles.
Can Tarzan of the Apes Survive in a Post-Colonial World? | Ted Gioia | November 23, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe did just that and found it took only a few minutes to set up a Help Cecil Williams & Orlando the Lab page.
Strangers Rally to Help Blind Man Keep His Guide Dog | Michael Daly | December 19, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
The order, created by Napoleon in 1802, has also been awarded to Anna Wintour, Cecil Beaton, and Valentino Garavani.
Skype Announces 'Collaboration Project'; Macy’s and Bloomingdale's Face Racial Profiling Investigations | The Fashion Beast Team | December 3, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe was a plantation houseboy in Virginia and did, as Cecil does in the film, leave in the pursuit of better employment.
‘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 BEASTRobert 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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