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  • 11Ironside (cavalry) — Ironside was the name given to a trooper in the Parliamentarian cavalry formed by English political leader Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century, during the English Civil War. The name came from Old Ironsides , one of Cromwell s nicknames (although …

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  • 12Ironside Glacier — is a spectacular glacier, about convert|30|mi|km|0|abbr=on long, originating at the south side of Mount Minto in the Admiralty Mountains and draining southeast between Mount Whewell and Mount Herschel into Moubray Bay, Victoria Land, Antarctica.… …

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  • 13Ironside (TV series) — infobox television show name = Ironside caption = Raymond Burr as Ironside format = Drama runtime = 60 to 90 minutes creator = Collier Young starring = Raymond Burr as Robert Ironside Don Galloway as Det. Sgt. Ed Brown Don Mitchell as Mark Sanger …

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  • 14Ironside, Field Marshal Sir Edmund — 1880–1959    A soldier of the old school, Ironside was an intelligence officer in the Boer War (1899–1902) and Commander of the Allied Forces in north Russia in 1918–19. In addition he was fluent in seven languages. In 1939 HOREBELISHA found that …

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  • 15IRONSIDE, Adelaide Eliza (1831-1867) — painter was born in Sydney on 17 November 1831. From a child she showed literary ability, contributing to the press both in prose and verse. In 1855 she decided to study painting in Europe, and towards the end of that year went with her mother to …

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  • 16ironside — noun Date: 13th century a man of great strength or bravery …

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  • 17ironside — /uy euhrn suyd /, n. 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, Ironsides. a. (used with a sing. v.) a nickname of Oliver Cromwell. b. the soldiers… …

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  • 18ironside — n. person of great endurance …

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  • 19ironside — derision …

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  • 20ironside — i•ron•side [[t]ˈaɪ ərnˌsaɪd[/t]] n. 1) a strong person with great power of endurance or resistance 2) big (cap.) Usu., Ironsides (used with a sing. v.) a nickname of Oliver Cromwell 1) • Etymology: 1250–1300 …

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