Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ironsides

1 sense of ironsides

Sense 1
Cromwell, Oliver Cromwell, Ironsides -- (English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658))
       INSTANCE OF=> general, full general -- (a general officer of the highest rank)
       INSTANCE OF=> statesman, solon, national leader -- (a man who is a respected leader in national or international affairs)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun ironside

1 sense of ironside

Sense 1
ironside -- (a man of great strength or bravery)
       => man, adult male -- (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus")