Etymology

ironside

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Today it means: A trooper in the Parliamentarian cavalry formed by English political leader Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century, during the English Civil War. Full definition →

Old English earn
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ironside · noun1

From Ironside.

Ironside · noun2

From iron + side, from a nickname of Oliver Cromwell's: "Old Ironsides".

Ironside · proper noun3

  1. Old English · derived fromearn“eagle”
  2. English todayIronside

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.

Words from the same roots

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