1st baron burghley
[bur-lee] /ˈbɜr li/
noun
1st baron, cecil, william.
cecil
[ses-uh l, sis- or for 5, see-suh l] /ˈsɛs əl, ˈsɪs- or for 5, ˈsi səl/
noun
(edgar algernon) robert (1st viscount cecil of chelwood) 1864–1958, british statesman: n-bel peace prize 1937.
robert (1st earl of salisburyand1st viscount cecil of cranborne) 1563–1612, british statesman (son of william cecil).
robert arthur talbot gascoyne-, salisbury (def 1).
william (1st baron burghley or burleigh) 1520–98, british statesman: adviser to elizabeth i.
a male given name: from a latin word meaning “blind.”.
burghley
/ˈbɜːlɪ/
noun
william cecil, 1st baron burghley. 1520–98, english statesman: chief adviser to elizabeth i; secretary of state (1558–72) and lord high treasurer (1572–98)
cecil
/ˈsɛsəl; ˈsɪs-/
noun
lord david. 1902–86, english literary critic and biographer
robert. see (3rd marquess of) salisbury2
william. see (william cecil) burghley
cecil
proper name, and fem. cecilia, from l. cæcilius, fem. cæcilia, name of a roman gens, from cæcus “blind.”
cecil
noun
cocaine (1930s+ narcotics)
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