Burleigh

[ bur-lee ]

/ ˈbɜr li /

1st Baron. Cecil, William.

Henry Thack·er

[thak-er] /ˈθæk ər/,1866–1949, U.S. singer: early collector and arranger of spirituals.

a male given name: from Old English words meaning “hill” and “field.”

Example sentences from the Web for burleigh

He wrote Burleigh a note, and the doctor forbade his patient's reading anything.

Warrior Gap |Charles King
Jack improved very much; and my uncle shook his head with more ominous wisdom than the Earl of Burleigh.

Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 71, No. 436, February 1852 |Various
These facts are so entirely in keeping with Burleigh's character that we can by no means doubt them.

Homes and Haunts of the Most Eminent British Poets, Vol. I (of 2) |William Howitt
“I feel as if I must be home in Burleigh, dreaming all this,” said Jessie.

Lucile Triumphant |Elizabeth M. Duffield

Something was amiss with Burleigh, said his cronies at Gate City.

Warrior Gap |Charles King

Burleigh

/ (ˈbɜːlɪ) /

a variant spelling of Burghley