sideburns

sideburns
n.pl. = SIDEBOARDS.
Etymology: burnsides pl. of burnside f. General Burnside d. 1881 who affected this style

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\\-nz\ noun plural
Etymology: anagram of burnsides
1. : side-whiskers; especially : short side-whiskers worn with a smooth chin
2. : continuations of the hairline in front of the ears whether the hair is worn long or clipped short

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/suyd"berrnz'/, n.pl.
1. short whiskers extending from the hairline to below the ears and worn with an unbearded chin.
2. the projections of the hairline forming a border on the face in front of each ear.
[1885-90, Amer.; alter. of BURNSIDES]

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sideˈburns plural noun
Two strips of hair grown along the side of the face, a modification of the rather more extensive growth pioneered by the US General Burnside (1824–81)
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Main Entry:side

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sideburns UK [ˈsaɪdˌbɜː(r)nz] US [ˈsaɪdˌbɜrnz] noun [plural]
hair that grows down a man’s cheeks
Thesaurus: beards and moustacheshyponym
Variant: sideboards

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  • sideburns — [[t]sa͟ɪdbɜː(r)nz[/t]] N PLURAL If a man has sideburns, he has a strip of hair growing down the side of each cheek. ...a young man with long sideburns …   English dictionary

  • sideburns — noun plural Etymology: anagram of burnsides Date: 1887 1. side whiskers 2. continuations of the hairline in front of the ears • sideburned adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sideburns — /suyd berrnz /, n.pl. 1. short whiskers extending from the hairline to below the ears and worn with an unbearded chin. 2. the projections of the hairline forming a border on the face in front of each ear. [1885 90, Amer.; alter. of BURNSIDES] * * …   Universalium

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