Difference between revisions of "Ironsides"
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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_134319" /> == | |||
<p> (n. /) A cuirassier or cuirassiers; also, hardy veteran soldiers; - applied specifically to Cromwell's cavalry. </p> | |||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75130" /> == | == The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75130" /> == | ||
<p> Cromwell's troopers, a thousand strong, and raised by him in the [[Eastern]] counties of England, so called at first from the invincibility displayed by them at Marston Moor; were selected by Cromwell "as men," he says, "that had the fear of [[God]] before them, and made conscience of what they did.... They were never beaten," he adds, "and wherever they were engaged against the enemy, they beat continually." </p> | <p> Cromwell's troopers, a thousand strong, and raised by him in the [[Eastern]] counties of England, so called at first from the invincibility displayed by them at Marston Moor; were selected by Cromwell "as men," he says, "that had the fear of [[God]] before them, and made conscience of what they did.... They were never beaten," he adds, "and wherever they were engaged against the enemy, they beat continually." </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_134319"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/ironsides Ironsides from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_75130"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/ironsides Ironsides from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_75130"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/ironsides Ironsides from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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