Ironsides

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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