Definition of Edith Louisa Cavell

1. Noun. 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).

Exact synonyms: Cavell, Edith Cavell
Generic synonyms: Nurse

Lexicographical Neighbors of Edith Louisa Cavell

Edgar Lee Masters
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Edgar Wallace
Edgard Lawrence Doctorow
Edgard Varese
Edge Island
Ediacaran
Edinburgh
Edinger-Westphal nucleus
Edington
Edirne
Edison
Edith
Edith Cavell
Edith Louisa Cavell (current term)
Edith Newbold Jones Wharton
Edith Piaf
Edith Wharton
Edlefsen's reagent
Edlyn
Edman's reagent
Edman method
Edman reagent
Edmonchuk
Edmond
Edmond Halley
Edmond Hoyle
Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt
Edmond Malone

Literary usage of Edith Louisa Cavell

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Canada 2002 by Wayne C. Thompson (2003)
"... as well as its suspended glacier, the Angel Glacier The mountain is named after Edith Louisa Cavell, a British nurse who became known during World War I ..."

2. Western Canada by Paul-Eric Dumontier, Jennifer McMorran, Pierre Longnus (2004)
"The mountain is named after Edith Louisa Cavell, a British nurse who became known in World War I for her refusal to leave her post near Brussels so that she ..."

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