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Meaning of burnside

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  Burnside
      n 1: United States general in the American Civil War who was
           defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg
           (1824-1881) [syn: {Burnside}, {A. E. Burnside}, {Ambrose
           Everett Burnside}]
      2: 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) [syn: {sideburn}, {burnside}, {mutton chop},
         {side-whiskers}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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