Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who is very strong and courageous.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person who or something which has great power of endurance or resistance: specifically used (generally in the plural) as a proper name: as, Edmund Ironside or Ironsides (an Anglo-Saxon king); Cromwell's Ironsides (his special corps of troopers); Old Ironsides (a designation of the old United States frigate Constitution).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a man of great strength and endurance, especially on who is brave.
- proper noun A nickname for Oliver Cromwell.
- proper noun A nickname for Edmund II of England.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who is very
strong andcourageous .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a man of great strength or bravery
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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That man had he lived in Oliver's time would have made a capital ironside, especially if mounted on one of those dray horses of his.
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Such a short time but such a lot of memories. long shot but i was in Ironside troop Oct 87-88. does anyone know where to get hold of the Goschen Parade video? yes i was in ironside troop same intake and i still have a copy of the passing out parade. who are you pal?
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Such a short time but such a lot of memories. long shot but i was in Ironside troop Oct 87-88. does anyone know where to get hold of the Goschen Parade video? yes i was in ironside troop same intake and i still have a copy of the passing out parade. who are you pal?
Army Rumour Service 2010
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Such a short time but such a lot of memories. long shot but i was in Ironside troop Oct 87-88. does anyone know where to get hold of the Goschen Parade video? yes i was in ironside troop same intake and i still have a copy of the passing out parade. who are you pal?
Army Rumour Service 2010
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