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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: ironsides /ˈaɪənˌsaɪdz/ n - a person with great stamina or resistance
- an ironclad ship
- (often capital)(in the English Civil War) the cavalry regiment trained and commanded by Oliver Cromwell
- Cromwell's entire army
i•ron•side (ī′ərn sīd′),USA pronunciation n. - a strong person with great power of endurance or resistance.
- Biographical(cap.) an epithet or nickname of Edmund II of England.
- Biographical(cap.) Usually, Ironsides.
- (used with a sing. v.) a nickname of Oliver Cromwell.
- the soldiers serving under Cromwell.
- Nautical ironsides, (usually used with a sing. v.)
- , Dialect Terms, Naval Termsan ironclad.
- , Dialect Terms, Naval Terms[Eastern U.S.]scup.
- 1250–1300; Middle English; see iron, side1
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