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EDMUND IRONSIDE

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• EDMUND IRONSIDE (noun)
The noun EDMUND IRONSIDE has 1 sense:

1. king of the English who led resistance to Canute but was defeated and forced to divide the kingdom with Canute (980-1016)

Familiarity information: EDMUND IRONSIDE used as a noun is very rare.

• EDMUND IRONSIDE (noun)

Sense 1

Edmund Ironside ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

King of the English who led resistance to Canute but was defeated and forced to divide the kingdom with Canute (980-1016)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Edmund II; Edmund Ironside

Instance hypernyms:

king; male monarch; Rex (a male sovereign; ruler of a kingdom)

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