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Cavell   /kəvˈɛl/   Listen
Cavell

noun
1.
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).  Synonyms: Edith Cavell, Edith Louisa Cavell.






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"Cavell" Quotes from Famous Books



... of militarism that seemed to have run rampant among the Central Powers. At the invasion of Belgium and at the mistreatment of her people, especially of her women and children, at the bombardment of the cathedral of Rheims, at the sinking of the Lusitania, at the execution of Edith Cavell, at all the outrages of which German militarism was guilty, he grew more and more indignant and denunciatory. His sense of fairness, his spirit of chivalry, his ideas of honorable warfare and soldierly conduct were inexpressibly ...
— The Flag • Homer Greene



Words linked to "Cavell" :   Edith Cavell, nurse, Edith Louisa Cavell



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