Ironside

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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

Noun[edit]

Ironside (plural Ironsides)

  1. (historical) A trooper in the Parliamentarian cavalry formed by English political leader Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century, during the English Civil War.

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