Home of the Hirsel (hju?m; ?h??s?l) n (Biography) Baron, title of Sir Alec Douglas-Home, formerly 14th Earl of Home. 1903?95, British Conservative statesman: he renounced his earldom to become prime minister of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (1963?64); foreign secretary (1970?74)Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014