English Explanatory Dictionary

Ironside

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A trooper in the Parliamentarian cavalry formed by English political leader Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century, during the English Civil War.
name
  1. A surname from Old English.
noun
  1. One who is very strong and courageous.

Word forms

Ironside Ironsides

Etymology

From iron + side, from a nickname of Oliver Cromwell's: "Old Ironsides".

Related words

Cromwellian Roundhead ironclad
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