/ses"euhl, sis"-/ or, for 5, /see"seuhl/ , n.
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- . See 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."