Cecil

[ ses-uh l, sis- or for 5, see-suh l ]

/ ˈsɛs əl, ˈsɪs- or for 5, ˈsi səl /

(Edgar Algernon) Robert1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood,1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.

Robert1st Earl of Salisburyand1st Viscount Cecil of Cranborne,1563–1612, British statesman (son of William Cecil).

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

William1st Baron Burghley or Burleigh,1520–98, British statesman: adviser to Elizabeth I.

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

Example sentences from the Web for cecil

Think of him as a kind of Cecil Rhodes in a loincloth and with bulging muscles.

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He did just that and found it took only a few minutes to set up a Help Cecil Williams & Orlando the Lab page.

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The order, created by Napoleon in 1802, has also been awarded to Anna Wintour, Cecil Beaton, and Valentino Garavani.

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He was a plantation houseboy in Virginia and did, as Cecil does in the film, leave in the pursuit of better employment.

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When Jackie Kennedy returns, she gives Cecil the tie her husband was wearing, which he brings home and presents to his family.

‘The Butler’ Fact Check: How True Is This True Story? |Kevin Fallon |August 16, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Cecil confidently thought and said of the intriguing woman who managed his patron.

Beauchamp's Career, Complete |George Meredith
Floyd is still holding Cecil in his arms, now asleep, but he will not relinquish his precious burden.

Floyd Grandon's Honor |Amanda Minnie Douglas
Still, this consideration was not known, or was little valued, by Mr. Cecil and his contemporaries.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 417 |Various
Marcia has gone to Philadelphia; Mrs. Grandon is cold to a point of severity, and most untender to Cecil.

Floyd Grandon's Honor |Amanda Minnie Douglas
The little boys clung to her, Charlie in tears, Cecil very solemn.

A Crooked Path |Mrs. Alexander

Cecil

/ (ˈsɛsəl, ˈsɪs-) /

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

Robert . See (3rd Marquess of) Salisbury 2

William. See (William Cecil) Burghley