Associations to the word «Ironside»

Wiktionary

IRONSIDE, noun. (historical) A trooper in the Parliamentarian cavalry formed by English political leader Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century, during the English Civil War.
IRONSIDE, noun. One who is very strong and courageous.

Dictionary definition

IRONSIDE, noun. A man of great strength or bravery.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne