'Ironsides' definitions:

Definition of 'Ironsides'

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noun
English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658) [syn: Cromwell, Oliver Cromwell, Ironsides]

Definition of 'Ironsides'

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  • Ironside \I"ron*side`\, Ironsides \I"ron*sides`\, prop. n.
  • 1. A nickname for Oliver Cromwell. [PJC]
  • 2. A nickname for Edmund II of England. --RHUD [PJC]

Definition of 'Ironsides'

From: GCIDE
  • Ironsides \I"ron*sides"\, n. A cuirassier or cuirassiers; also, hardy veteran soldiers; -- applied specifically to Cromwell's cavalry.
  • Old Ironsides. (U. S. Hist.) A nickname for the U.S.S. Constitution, a sailing ship which fought in the American Revolutionary war, and now functions as a floating museum in Boston harbor. It was given its nickname because cannonballs bounced off its hard wooden sides. [PJC]

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