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		Definition of burnside in English: burnsidenounˈbəːnsʌɪdˈbərnsīd  usually burnsidesA moustache in combination with whiskers on the cheeks but no beard on the chin.  Example sentencesExamples -  Like his uncle Henry M Olmsted, he also wore whiskers in the Burnside style, but he started out as a young man with a down turned mustache.
 -  ‘I sport no such flaming burnsides,’ the ingrate is alleged to have shrieked.
 -  The defendant wore Burnside whiskers of tolerable length, say two or three inches long, of light sandy color.
 -  But as the memory of General Burnside faded, the style became known as simply ‘burnsides,’ and soon an interesting linguistic flip-flop occurred.
 -  The facial hair term "sideburns" is a variant of "burnsides," named for U.S. Army Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, who wore such facial whisker adornment.
 
 
 Origin   Late 19th century: named after General Ambrose Burnside (1824–81), American army officer.    Definition of burnside in US English: burnsidenounˈbərnsīd usually burnsidesA mustache in combination with whiskers on the cheeks but no beard on the chin.  Example sentencesExamples -  The defendant wore Burnside whiskers of tolerable length, say two or three inches long, of light sandy color.
 -  ‘I sport no such flaming burnsides,’ the ingrate is alleged to have shrieked.
 -  But as the memory of General Burnside faded, the style became known as simply ‘burnsides,’ and soon an interesting linguistic flip-flop occurred.
 -  The facial hair term "sideburns" is a variant of "burnsides," named for U.S. Army Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, who wore such facial whisker adornment.
 -  Like his uncle Henry M Olmsted, he also wore whiskers in the Burnside style, but he started out as a young man with a down turned mustache.
 
 
 Origin   Late 19th century: named after General Ambrose Burnside (1824–81), American army officer.     |