ironside

i·ron·side

I0235250 (ī′ərn-sīd′)n. One who is very strong and courageous.

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[From Ironside, nickname of Edmund II, and Ironsides, nickname of Oliver Cromwell.]

Ironside

(ˈaɪənˌsaɪd) n (Biography) nickname of Edmund II of England. See Edmund II

i•ron•side

(ˈaɪ ərnˌsaɪd)

n. 1. a strong person with great power of endurance or resistance. 2. (cap.) Usu., Ironsides. (used with a sing. v.) a nickname of Oliver Cromwell. [1250–1300]

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ironside - a man of great strength or bravery adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"