Florence Nightingale

English

Etymology

Appellativisation of Florence Nightingale

Noun

Florence Nightingale (plural Florence Nightingales)

1. (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

   • 1994, Mary Elizabeth Massey, Women in the Civil War, page 43:

     All Our Women Are Florence Nightingales

   • 1996, M Gustafson, “Mary Seacole, the Florence Nightingale of Jamaica”, in PubMed:

     Mary Seacole, the Florence Nightingale of Jamaica

Related terms

• Florence Nightingale effect