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Cav⋅ell

[kav-uhl]
–noun
Edith Louisa, 1865–1915, English nurse: executed by the Germans in World War I.
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Cav·ell   (kāv'əl, kə-věl')   
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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