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Cavell
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Cav·ell  (kvl, k-vl), 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
(Biographies / Cavell, Edith Louisa (1865-1915) M, English, MEDICINE: nurse) Edith Louisa. 1865-1915, English nurse: executed by the Germans in World War I for helping Allied prisoners to escape
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Noun1.CavellCavell - 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


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