Ironside Definition

īərn-sīd
noun

One who is very strong and courageous.

Wiktionary

(historical) A trooper in the Parliamentarian cavalry formed by English political leader Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century, during the English Civil War.

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Other Word Forms of Ironside

Noun

Singular:
ironside
Plural:
Ironsides

Origin of Ironside

  • From Ironside nickname of Edmund II and Ironsides nickname of Oliver Cromwell

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • iron +"Ž side, from a nickname of Cromwell's: "Old Ironsides".

    From Wiktionary

Ironside Sentence Examples

  • An instance of this is seen in the election of Edmund Ironside, although the Witan outside London had elected Canute.

  • Three years after this, Æthelred died in London, and such of the witan as were there and the townsmen chose Edmund Ironside for king, although the witan outside London had elected Canute.

  • The defeated chiefs retired on the city, led by Ansgar the Staller, under whom as sheriff the citizens of London had marched to fight for Harold at Senlac. They elected Edgar Atheling, the grandson of Edmund Ironside, as king, which the Saxon Chronicle says " was indeed his natural right."

  • Ross (Ros, Rosse) was granted to the see of Hereford by Edmund Ironside, but became crown property by an exchange effected in 1559.

  • This is generally accepted as the scene of the fight of Assandun in 1016 between Canute and Edmund Ironside, in which the English were defeated through treachery in their ranks.

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Words Starting With

IIRIRO

Words Ending With

EDEIDE

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