Cecil

[ ses-uhl, sis- see-suhl ]

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 ( def 1 ).
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.”

Cecil

/ ˈsɪs-; ˈsɛsəl /

noun

1. CecilDavid, Lord19021986MEnglishWRITING: literary criticWRITING: biographer Lord David. 1902–86, English literary critic and biographer
2. Robert. See (3rd Marquess of) Salisbury 2
3. William. See (William Cecil) Burghley

Example Sentences

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.

From Washington Post

The 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.

From Washington Post

Coaches 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.

From Washington Post

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

Almost 50 years later, Cecil wears that very tie to the White House when he goes to meet Barack Obama for the first time.

From The Daily Beast

Robert Cecil, earl of Salisbury, died; an English statesman, the ablest minister of his time.

From Project Gutenberg

For it was mother Martha and not her daughter who had obeyed Mrs. Cecil's imperative: "Come here!"

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He's going to make a man of himself, for himself, by himself—without you or even dear Mrs. Cecil interfering.

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Among them Mrs. Cecil, with a sudden realization of her eighty years of cushioned ease and her one hour of sitting on a board.

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If he were crestfallen he did not show it, and in that respect the worthy smith and Mrs. Cecil both were disappointed.

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