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

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

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

Millersburg will be a hotbed of drama—and not all of it on the stage, where Richard will direct his mother’s funeral with the understatement of Cecil B. DeMille.

From The Wall Street Journal

Occidental is among the oldest continually operating studios in Hollywood, used by pioneering filmmakers Cecil B. DeMille, D.W.

From Los Angeles Times