robert a. t. cecil
əl, ˈsɪs- 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.
4.
William ( 1st Baron Burghley or Burleigh ) 1520–98, British statesman: adviser to Elizabeth I.
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Cecil
proper name, and fem. Cecilia, from L. Cæcilius, fem. Cæcilia, name of a Roman gens, from cæcus "blind."
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