Cavell

Cav·ell

C0176400 (kăv′əl, kə-vĕl′), Edith Louisa 1865-1915. British nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation (1915) to help smuggle Allied troops to the Dutch border. She was caught by the Germans and executed.

Cavell

(ˈkævəl) n (Biography) Edith Louisa. 1865–1915, English nurse: executed by the Germans in World War I for helping Allied prisoners to escape

Cav•ell

(ˈkæv əl)

n. Edith Louisa, 1865–1915, English nurse: executed by the Germans in World War I.

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Cavell - English nurse who remained in Brussels after the German occupation in order to help Allied prisoners escape; was caught and executed by the Germans (1865-1915)Edith Cavell, Edith Louisa Cavell