What does lady with the lamp mean?

lady with the lamp means "English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)".

What is another word for lady with the lamp?

Close synonyms include Nightingale, Florence Nightingale. 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 lady with the lamp a common word?

lady with the lamp 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.

lady with the lamp — meaning, pronunciation and definition

noun

1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)
SynonymsNightingale Florence Nightingale
Broadernurse

Questions about lady with the lamp

What does lady with the lamp mean?: lady with the lamp means "English nurse remembered for her work during the Crimean War (1820-1910)".
What is another word for lady with the lamp?: Close synonyms include Nightingale, Florence Nightingale. 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 lady with the lamp a common word?

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