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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658);
[syn: Cromwell, Oliver Cromwell, Ironsides]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ironside \I"ron*side`\, Ironsides \I"ron*sides`\, prop. n. 1. A nickname for Oliver Cromwell. [PJC] 2. A nickname for Edmund II of England. --RHUD [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ironsides \I"ron*sides"\, n. A cuirassier or cuirassiers; also, hardy veteran soldiers; -- applied specifically to Cromwell's cavalry. Old Ironsides. (U. S. Hist.) A nickname for the U.S.S. Constitution, a sailing ship which fought in the American Revolutionary war, and now functions as a floating museum in Boston harbor. It was given its nickname because cannonballs bounced off its hard wooden sides. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Ironsides n 1: English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658) [syn: Cromwell, Oliver Cromwell, Ironsides]