Ironside
/ˈʌɪənsʌɪd/noun
1(An epithet of) Edmund II, king of England (reigned 1016).
2 Generally (A name for) a person of great physical or mental strength. Also in plural in same sense. Now rare.
3(An epithet of) Oliver Cromwell. Also preceded by old.
- The name is Royalist in origin..
4A member of Oliver Cromwell's cavalry; a Puritan soldier. Also in extended use. Now historical.
5Chiefly with lower-case initial. A warship plated with iron; = ironclad. Now historical.
Origin
Old English; earliest use found in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. From iron + side.
- well-packed
- well packing
- well-padded
- well paid
- well-painted
- well-paired
- well-paved
- well-paying
- well-penned
- well-peopled
- well pipe
- well placed
- well planned
- well-planted
- well plate
- well pleased
- well-pleasedness
- well-pleasing
- well-plenished
- well-plucked
- well-plumed
- well point
- well-pointed
- well-poised
- well-pole