burnside
See also: Burnside
English
![](Images/wiktionary/Ambrose_Burnside2.jpg.webp)
General Ambrose Burnside. Photo by Mathew Brady
Etymology
From Ambrose Burnside
Noun
burnside (plural burnsides)
- (especially in plural) A moustache, with whiskers on the cheeks but with no beard on the chin
Usage notes
This was later reformed as sideburn, see there.
Anagrams
- Burdines, Rubenids, sideburn