ironsides

/ (ˈaɪənˌsaɪdz) /

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noun

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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Words nearby ironsides

iron pyrites, iron rations, Irons, iron-sick, ironside, ironsides, iron sights, irons in the fire, too many, ironsmith, iron sponge, ironstone

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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 Frank
The 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 Tytler
Wherever there was a downpour of leaden rain Jackson and the "Ironsides" would have been in accord.
The Broken Sword|Dennison Worthington

When the royalist gentry went down before Cromwell's Ironsides, absolutism received its death-wound.
Battles of English History|H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George