Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun edith_cavell

1 sense of edith cavell

Sense 1
Cavell, Edith Cavell, Edith Louisa Cavell -- (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))
       INSTANCE OF=> nurse -- (one skilled in caring for young children or the sick (usually under the supervision of a physician))