Definition of Ironsides in English:

1A nickname for Oliver Cromwell.

1. 1.1as plural noun (in the English Civil War) Cromwell's cavalry troopers, so called by their Royalist opponents in allusion to their hardiness in battle.
   （英国内战期间）克伦威尔铁甲军
   Example sentencesExamples

   • Oliver Cromwell's steel-clad Ironsides crushed the Royalist troops of Charles I, the Iron Cross honoured German military valour, the Iron Curtain marked the boundary of cold war national alliances.
   • In early 1645 the New Model Army was formed, based largely on the Ironsides, who continued as part of the new army.