[ses-uh
l, sis- or, for 5, see-suhl] 
| 1. | (Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood), 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel peace prize 1937. |
| 2. | Robert (1st Earl of Salisbury and 1st Viscount Cecil of Cranborne), 1563–1612, British statesman (son of William Cecil). |
| 3. | Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-. Salisbury (def. 1). |
| 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.” |