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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: ironsides, -ironsides-
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CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
ironsides

Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary (pronunciation guide only)
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
Ironsides

n. A cuirassier or cuirassiers; also, hardy veteran soldiers; -- applied specifically to Cromwell's cavalry.


Old Ironsides. (U. S. Hist.) A nickname for the U.S.S. Constitution, a sailing ship which fought in the American Revolutionary war, and now functions as a floating museum in Boston harbor. It was given its nickname because cannonballs bounced off its hard wooden sides.
[ PJC ]

Ironsides

prop. n. 1. A nickname for Oliver Cromwell. [ PJC ]

2. A nickname for Edmund II of England. RHUD [ PJC ]

Variants: Ironside

WordNet (3.0)
constitution(n) a United States 44-gun frigate that was one of the first three naval ships built by the United States; it won brilliant victories over British frigates during the War of 1812 and is without doubt the most famous ship in the history of the United States Navy; it has been rebuilt and is anchored in the Charlestown Navy Yard in Boston, Syn. Old Ironsides
cromwell(n) English general and statesman who led the parliamentary army in the English Civil War (1599-1658), Syn. Oliver Cromwell, Ironsides

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