(n) United States lecturer and writer who was blind and deaf from the age of 19 months; Anne Sullivan taught her to read and write and speak; Helen Keller graduated from college and went on to champion the cause of blind and deaf people (1880-1968), Syn. Helen Adams Keller, Helen Keller
‖n. [ G., also ratskeller, prop., town-hall cellar. ] Orig., in Germany, the cellar or basement of the city hall, usually rented for use as a restaurant where beer is sold; hence, a beer saloon of the German type below the street level, where, usually, drinks are served only at tables and simple food may also be had; -- sometimes loosely used, in English, of what are essentially basement restaurants where liquors are served. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]
[海伦・凯勒 / 海倫・凱勒, Hǎi lún· Kǎi lēㄏㄞˇ ㄌㄨㄣˊ· ㄎㄞˇ ㄌㄜ] Helen Keller (1880-1968), famous American deafblind author and activist (whose story is told in biopic The Miracle Worker)