Old Ironern.

Brit.

/ˌəʊld ˈʌɪənə/, U.S.

/ˌoʊld ˈaɪ(ə)rnər/

Forms: Also with lower-case initial in the first element.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: old adj., iron n.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < old adj. + iron n.¹ + -er suffix¹. Compare earlier Iron Chancellor n. at iron adj. Compounds 2, man of blood and iron at blood and iron n. Phrases.

Now rare.

(A nickname for) the German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck (1815–98), with reference to his advocacy of military force as a tool of foreign policy. Cf. Iron Chancellor n. at iron adj. Compounds 2, man of blood and iron at blood and iron n. Phrases.

ΚΠ

1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians I. vii. 148 The old Ironer! I love him for his love of common sense, his contempt of mean deceit.

1885 Moonshine 14 Mar. 130/3 The Grim Old Ironer launched forth into an interesting lecture on ‘Diplomatic Communications: How They should be Conducted’.

1900 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 10 Sept. 3/1 Bismarck's Parisians ‘stewing in their own grease’ is a brutal figure of speech, very seldom referred to since the passing of the ‘old Ironer’.

1963 Rev. Eng. Stud. 14 41 Meredith also adds considerably to the account of Alvan's meeting with the Old Ironer (Bismarck).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	old ironer
释义	Old Ironern. Brit. /ˌəʊld ˈʌɪənə/, U.S. /ˌoʊld ˈaɪ(ə)rnər/ Forms: Also with lower-case initial in the first element. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: old adj., iron n.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < old adj. + iron n.¹ + -er suffix¹. Compare earlier Iron Chancellor n. at iron adj. Compounds 2, man of blood and iron at blood and iron n. Phrases. Now rare. (A nickname for) the German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck (1815–98), with reference to his advocacy of military force as a tool of foreign policy. Cf. Iron Chancellor n. at iron adj. Compounds 2, man of blood and iron at blood and iron n. Phrases. ΚΠ 1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians I. vii. 148 The old Ironer! I love him for his love of common sense, his contempt of mean deceit. 1885 Moonshine 14 Mar. 130/3 The Grim Old Ironer launched forth into an interesting lecture on ‘Diplomatic Communications: How They should be Conducted’. 1900 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 10 Sept. 3/1 Bismarck's Parisians ‘stewing in their own grease’ is a brutal figure of speech, very seldom referred to since the passing of the ‘old Ironer’. 1963 Rev. Eng. Stud. 14 41 Meredith also adds considerably to the account of Alvan's meeting with the Old Ironer (Bismarck). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1880
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