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Cecil

(sē′səl, ses′əl)

noun

a masculine name: fem. Cecilia, Cecily

Origin: L Caecilius, name of a Rom. gens; prob. < caecus (see cecum), hence, lit., dim-sighted, blind

See Cecil in American Heritage Dictionary 4

British public official who helped draft the League of Nations Covenant and was president of the League of Nations Union (1923-1945). He won the 1937 Nobel Peace Prize.

, Robert. First Viscount Cranborne and First Earl of Salisbury. 1563?-1612.

English statesman who helped secure the throne for James I after the death of Elizabeth I (1603).

, Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne. Third Marquis of Salisbury. 1830-1903.

British politician who was foreign minister under Benjamin Disraeli and prime minister (1885-1892 and 1895-1902).

, William. First Baron Burghley or Burleigh. 1520-1598.

English statesman and chief adviser to Elizabeth I. He persuaded the queen to execute Mary Queen of Scots.

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