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Burnside
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burnsides (ˈbɜːnˌsaɪdz) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —pl n | |
| (US) thick side whiskers worn with a moustache and clean-shaven chin | |
| [C19: named after General A. E. Burnside (1824--81), Union general in the US Civil War] | |
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burnsides
style of facial hair consisting of side whiskers and a mustache (but clean-shaven chin), 1875, from U.S. Army Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside (1824-1881) who wore them.
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