Ironside

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See also: ironside

English

Etymology 1

From iron +‎ side, from a nickname of Oliver Cromwell's: "Old Ironsides".

Noun

Ironside (plural Ironsides)

(historical) A trooper in the Parliamentarian cavalry formed by English political leader Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century, during the English Civil War.

Etymology 2

Two main origins:

Scottish habitational surname from a place in Aberdeenshire, named with Old English earn (“eagle”) + sīde (“flank, side of a hill”).
English surname from ironside, a nickname for a warrior.

Proper noun

Ironside (plural Ironsides)

A surname from Old English.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Ironside is the 37029^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 603 individuals. Ironside is most common among White (92.7%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Ironside”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 232.

Anagrams

derision, ironised, resinoid

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