Cecil
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Cec·il
(sĕs′əl), (Edgar Algernon) Robert First Viscount Cecil of Chelwood. 1864-1958. 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.
Cec·il
(sĕs′əl), Robert First Earl of Salisbury. 1563?-1612. English statesman who helped secure the throne for James I after the death of Elizabeth I (1603).
Cecil
, 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).
Cecil
, 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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Cecil
(ˈsɛsəl; ˈsɪs-)n
1. (Biography) Lord David. 1902–86, English literary critic and biographer
2. (Biography) Robert. See (3rd Marquess of) Salisbury2
3. (Biography) William. See (William Cecil) Burghley
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Cec•il
(ˈsɛs əl, ˈsɪs-)n.
1. Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne, Salisbury (def. 1).
2. William (1st Baron Burghley or Burleigh), 1520–98, British statesman: adviser to Elizabeth I.
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