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night nurse

British  

noun

  1. a nurse whose duty is to look after a patient or patients during the night

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Delphine, who was 33 at the time, was a night nurse in a clinic not far from their home in Cagnac-les-Mines in the south-western Occitania region.

From BBC Sep. 22, 2025

We were supposed to use a gift of a night nurse for two weeks, but couldn’t do it because of the pandemic.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2024

She had worked as a night nurse through four pregnancies, and the couple had children ranging in age from 2 to 11.

From Washington Post Dec. 26, 2021

"My night nurse is Rose and I love her because she takes care of me and that’s my moms name," tweeted Swanson.

From Fox News Nov. 2, 2021

The night nurse had always been the biggest windbag in the school.

From "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles

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