ironside

ironside
/uy"euhrn suyd'/, n.
1. a strong person with great power of endurance or resistance.
2. (cap.) an epithet or nickname of Edmund II of England.
3. (cap.) Usually, Ironsides.
a. (used with a sing. v.) a nickname of Oliver Cromwell.
b. the soldiers serving under Cromwell.
4. ironsides, (usually used with a sing. v.)
a. an ironclad.
b. Eastern U.S. scup.
[1250-1300; ME; see IRON, SIDE1]

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