Associations to the word «Burnside»

Wiktionary

BURNSIDE, proper noun. Any of various towns in Scotland, or elsewhere in the Anglo-Saxon world, named after the Scottish ones.
BURNSIDE, proper noun. A topographic surname​ for someone living near a burn (stream), or in any of the Scottish towns.
BURNSIDE, noun. (especially in plural) A moustache, with whiskers on the cheeks but with no beard on the chin

Dictionary definition

BURNSIDE, noun. United States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881).
BURNSIDE, noun. Facial hair that has grown down the side of a man's face in front of the ears (especially when the rest of the beard is shaved off).

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