1st earl salisbury
[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.”.
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
masc. proper name, from latin caecilius (fem. caecilia), name of a roman gens, from caecus “blind.”
noun
cocaine (1930s+ narcotics)
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