ironsides
/ (ˈaɪənˌsaɪdz) /
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
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How to use ironsides in a sentence
Now this horse, who was called Old ironsides, was as famous for his kicking habits as Cæsar was for his sheep-killing.
Mike Marble | Uncle FrankThe ironsides kept the main channel, which brought her within about one thousand yards of Moultrie and Sumter.
The Boys of '61 | Charles Carleton Coffin.She referred him to Susan to see if there were rooms which the ironsides could have.
A Houseful of Girls | Sarah TytlerWherever there was a downpour of leaden rain Jackson and the "ironsides" would have been in accord.
The Broken Sword | Dennison WorthingtonWhen the royalist gentry went down before Cromwell's ironsides, absolutism received its death-wound.
Battles of English History | H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George
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