ironside: Meaning and Definition of

i•ron•side

1. a strong person with great power of endurance or resistance.
2. (cap.) an epithet or nickname of Edmund II of England.
3. (cap.) Usually,
1. (used with a sing. v.) a nickname of Oliver Cromwell.
2. the soldiers serving under Cromwell.
1. an ironclad.
2. Eastern U.S.scup.