burnside

See also: Burnside

English

General Ambrose Burnside. Photo by Mathew Brady

Etymology

From Ambrose Burnside.

Noun

burnside (plural burnsides)

1. (especially in plural) A moustache, with whiskers on the cheeks but no beard on the chin.

Usage notes

This was later reformed as sideburn, see there.

Anagrams

• Burdines, Rubenids, sideburn