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Florence Nightingale
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Etymology
Appellativisation of Florence Nightingale
Noun
en figuratively An outstanding nurse
1880, The National Conference of Charities and Corrections (p. 309)
But there is no Florence Nightingale here . Patients , and those who pay good prices too , pass long , weary nights without attendance
en 1994 Mary Elizabeth Massey Women in the Civil War 43 All Our Women Are Florence Nightingales
en 1996 M Gustafson Mary Seacole, the Florence Nightingale of Jamaica w:PubMed Mary Seacole, the Florence Nightingale of Jamaica
Related terms
en Florence Nightingale effect
en eponyms
en People Female people