ironside

[ ahy-ern-sahyd ]

/ ˈaɪ ərnˌsaɪd /

a strong person with great power of endurance or resistance.

(initial capital letter) an epithet or nickname of Edmund II.

(initial capital letter) Usually Ironsides.

ironsides, (usually used with a singular verb)

Origin of ironside

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300; see origin at iron, side¹

Edmund II

Ironside,a.d. c980–1016, English king 1016: defeated by Canute.

Are you—are you being just kind to me, Mr. Ironside, like—like Hugh Chesyl?

The Safety Curtain, and Other Stories |Ethel M. Dell
A distinct chuckle came from Canute, and some murmur about the Ironside's chin.

The Ward of King Canute |Ottilie A. Liljencrantz
As he was led to the scaffold some base scullion called out to the brave old Ironside, Where is your good old cause now?

Haunted London |Walter Thornbury
He went to sea in a privateer under captain Ironside, his uncle, and changed his name to Lewson.

Character Sketches of Romance, Fiction and the Drama, Vol 1 |The Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.

A few steps more, and the bushes had blotted out the Ironside and his thanes.

The Ward of King Canute |Ottilie A. Liljencrantz

Ironside

/ (ˈaɪənˌsaɪd) /

nickname of Edmund II of England See Edmund II

Edmund II

called Edmund Ironside. ?980–1016, king of England in 1016. His succession was contested by Canute and they divided the kingdom between them