Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Ironsides"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ironsides \I"ron*sides"\, n. ?
A cuirassier or cuirassiers; also, hardy veteran soldiers; --
applied specifically to Cromwell's cavalry.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Ironsides
n : English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army
in the English Civil War and became Lord Protector of the
Commonwealth (1599-1658) [syn: {Cromwell}, {Oliver
Cromwell}, {Ironsides}]
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