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

While the '3-30-300' rule, devised by Dutch urban forestry expert Professor Cecil Konijnendijk, is still relatively new in Australia, it is gaining momentum internationally, with at least six cities in Europe, the US and Canada implementing the measure in their urban forestry strategies.

From Science Daily

In this reimagining of “Sunset,” you don’t need to depend on Cecil B. DeMille for your big closeup.

From Los Angeles Times

Dedicated to the preservation, restoration and study of motion pictures, the Academy Film Archive holds one of the largest and most diverse collections of movies in the world, including every best picture nominee as well as the personal collections of filmmakers ranging from Cecil B. DeMille and Alfred Hitchcock to Jim Jarmusch and Penelope Spheeris.

From Los Angeles Times

Everett Cecil Titterington was born Aug. 25, 1920, in the heart of America’s Corn Belt, in a town of 440 residents, close to the Minnesota border.

From Los Angeles Times

Some 150,000 Americans are estimated to have either the dominant or recessive gene that causes Alport syndrome, named after a South African physician, Arthur Cecil Alport, an expert on malaria, who wrote about the mutation in 1927 in The British Medical Journal.

From Salon