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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.

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

  2. Robert. See (3rd Marquess of) Salisbury 2

  3. William. See (William Cecil) Burghley

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Nearly every fan knows that Ken Griffey Jr.‘s father was a cog in the Big Red Machine, that the son of San Francisco Giants star Bobby Bonds is the all-time home run king, that Prince Fielder‘s dad, Cecil, was an equally prolific slugger.

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He was born in Devon and named Cecil Edward Buckland, later changing his name to Glen Michael when he decided to try for a career in showbusiness.

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In 1983, he became trade and industry secretary, following the resignation of Cecil Parkinson over an extra-marital affair.

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Artist and designer Cecil Beaton performed a coy fashion magazine pose in full drag, his slender form crowned by an enormous picture hat that transforms him into something approaching a human flower, photographed by the duo David James Scott and Edgar Wilkinson.

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It’s among the oldest continually operating studios in Hollywood, used by pioneering filmmakers Cecil B. DeMille, D.W.

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