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A compound of iron and sulfur. The formula could be FeS or Fe2S3. You see, “iron sulfide” is meaningless because there are two possible sulfides of iron. One where iron has an oxidation number of +2 and one where it has an oxidation number of +3. Now you see the necessity of the Roman numeral you learned about when you learned nomenclature using the Stock system.
