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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

IRONSIDES

IRONSIDES I "ron *sides ", n.

 

Defn: A cuirassier or cuirassiers; also, hardy veteran soldiers; -- applied specifically to Cromwell's cavalry.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Ironsides

I ron sides |ˈīərnˌsīdz ˈaɪərnsaɪdz | ▶noun 1 a nickname for Oliver Cromwell. 2 (ironsides ) historical an ironclad.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Ironsides

Iron |sides |ˈʌɪənsʌɪdz | a nickname for Oliver Cromwell. • [ as plural noun ] (in the English Civil War ) Cromwell's cavalry troopers, so called by their Royalist opponents in allusion to their hardiness in battle.