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Burn⋅side

  [burn-sahyd]
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–noun
Ambrose Everett, 1824–81, Union general in the American Civil War.

burn⋅sides

  [burn-sahydz]
–plural noun
full whiskers and a mustache worn with the chin clean-shaven.
Origin:
1870–75, Americanism; named after Gen. A. E. Burnside
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Burn·side   (bûrn'sīd')   
American general and politician known more for his side-whiskers (or sideburns) than for his career in the Union Army, which included defeats at Fredericksburg (1862) and Petersburg (1864).
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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 (1824-81) who wore them.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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