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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Revision as of 11:05, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(n. /) A cuirassier or cuirassiers; also, hardy veteran soldiers; - applied specifically to Cromwell's cavalry.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
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."
