name
Meaning 1
A surname from Old English.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
Ironside
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Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: AY1 ER0 N S AY2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A trooper in the Parliamentarian cavalry formed by English political leader Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century, during the English Civil War.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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noun
Meaning 3
One who is very strong and courageous.
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noun
Meaning 4
a man of great strength or bravery
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: man, adult male
History
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.
From iron + side, from a nickname of Oliver Cromwell's: "Old Ironsides".
From Ironside.