Cav·ell

(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.

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Cavell

(ˈkævəl)

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

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Cav•ell

(ˈkæv əl)

n.

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

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