edith cavell is a noun meaning "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)". It carries one recorded sense.
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)
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for edith cavell come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.