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ironside

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i·ron·side  (rn-sd)
n.
One who is very strong and courageous.
[From Ironside, nickname of Edmund II, and Ironsides, nickname of Oliver Cromwell.]
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Noun1.ironsideironside - a man of great strength or bravery  
adult male, man - an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"


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