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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)play

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


English dictionary: Word details


EDMUND IRONSIDE (noun)


Sense 1

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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