florence nightingale

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   English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)

   SynonymsNightingaleLady with the Lamp

   Broadernurse

Questions about florence nightingale

What does florence nightingale mean?

florence nightingale means "English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)".

What is another word for florence nightingale?

Close synonyms include Nightingale, Lady with the Lamp. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is florence nightingale a common word?

florence nightingale is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.