cavell

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cavell - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Cavell
      n 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) [syn:
           Cavell, Edith Cavell, Edith Louisa Cavell]