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Ironside en · NOUN · etymology 1
Etymology
From iron + side, from a nickname of Oliver Cromwell's: "Old Ironsides".
Meanings
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(historical) A trooper in the Parliamentarian cavalry formed by English political leader Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century, during the English Civil War.
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Roundhead · Cromwellian
wikipedia: Oliver Cromwell
Ironside en · PROPN · etymology 2
Etymology
Two main origins:
* Scottish habitational surname from a place in Aberdeenshire, named with Old English earn (“eagle”) + sīde (“flank, side of a hill”).
* English surname from ironside, a nickname for a warrior.
Meanings
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A surname from Old English.
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