- sideburns
- noun plural Etymology: anagram of burnsides Date: 1887 1. side-whiskers 2. continuations of the hairline in front of the ears • sideburned adjective
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sideburns — 1887, alteration of BURNSIDES (Cf. burnsides) (q.v) … Etymology dictionary
sideburns — UK [ˈsaɪdˌbɜː(r)nz] / US [ˈsaɪdˌbɜrnz] or sideboards UK [ˈsaɪdˌbɔː(r)dz] / US [ˈsaɪdˌbɔrdz] noun [plural] British hair that grows down a man s cheeks … English dictionary
sideburns — ☆ sideburns [sīdbʉrnz΄ ] pl.n. [reversed < BURNSIDES] 1. BURNSIDES 2. the hair on a man s face, just in front of the ears, esp. when the rest of the beard is cut off … English World dictionary
Sideburns — Ambrose Burnside, the term s namesake Mutton chop redirects here. For the cut of meat, see Mutton chop (meat). Sideburn redirects here. For the Transformers character, see Side Burn. Sideburns or sideboards[1] are pa … Wikipedia
Sideburns — Technically, this essay does not belong in the book because the subject does not consist of a proper noun used as an ordinary word. The proper noun is Burnside; the ordinary word, sideburns. Clearly sideburns is not a derivative. Let s clarify … Dictionary of eponyms
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 — n.pl. = SIDEBOARDS. Etymology: burnsides pl. of burnside f. General Burnside d. 1881 who affected this style * * * nz noun plural Etymology: anagram of burnsides 1. : side whiskers; especially : short side whiskers worn with a smooth chin … Useful english 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
sideburns — noun /ˈsaɪd.bɚnz/ Facial hair reaching from the top of the head down the side of the face to the side of the chin … Wiktionary
sideburns — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. burnsides, side whiskers, face hair, facial hair. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. burnsides, *mutton chops, whiskers. see beard … English dictionary for students
