Ironside
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See also: ironside
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
iron + side, from a nickname of Oliver Cromwell's: "Old Ironsides".
Noun[edit]
Ironside (plural Ironsides)
- (historical) A trooper in the Parliamentarian cavalry formed by English political leader Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century, during the English Civil War.