CYRIL

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• CYRIL (noun)
  The noun CYRIL has 1 sense:

1. Greek missionary; the invention of the Cyrillic alphabet is attributed to him (826-869)

  Familiarity information: CYRIL used as a noun is very rare.

• CYRIL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Greek missionary; the invention of the Cyrillic alphabet is attributed to him (826-869)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Cyril; Saint Cyril; St. Cyril

Hypernyms ("Cyril" is a kind of...):

missionary (someone who attempts to convert others to a particular doctrine or program)

 Context examples 

I thought that he was perfectly hateful—and I was sure that Cyril would not wish me to know such a person.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Cyril Overton pressed his hands to his head.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Yes, Mr. Holmes, Cyril Morton, an electrical engineer, and we hope to be married at the end of the summer.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“Oh, Cyril is his name!” said Holmes, smiling.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I suppose, then, if you have never heard of Godfrey Staunton, you don’t know Cyril Overton either?”

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I am Cyril Overton.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Cyril Overton was much excited.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I find, however, a short note at the end of my manuscript dealing with this case, in which I have put it upon record that Miss Violet Smith did indeed inherit a large fortune, and that she is now the wife of Cyril Morton, the senior partner of Morton & Kennedy, the famous Westminster electricians.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Several before I knew Cyril.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

As we had expected, the telegram was soon followed by its sender, and the card of Mr. Cyril Overton, Trinity College, Cambridge, announced the arrival of an enormous young man, sixteen stone of solid bone and muscle, who spanned the doorway with his broad shoulders, and looked from one of us to the other with a comely face which was haggard with anxiety.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)