Definition: Meaning of, Nightingale, Florence in English to English dictionary.
Pronunciation:/ ˈnʌɪtɪŋˌɡeɪl /
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(1820-1910) a British nurse who set up a hospital for soldiers in Turkey during the CRIMEAN WAR . She was called the 'Lady with the Lamp', because she walked around the hospital in the evenings with a lamp to check that everything was in order. She set up a school for nurses, making NURSING (= the job of being a nurse) into a real profession.