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The definition of a mustache is hair on the upper lip.

(noun)

When a man does not shave his upper lip, the hair growth on his lip is an example of a mustache.

See mustache in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

1. the hair that a man has let grow out on his upper lip: sometimes used in the plural in reference to the two halves of this growth
2. hair growing on the upper lip: at fourteen he's already getting a mustache
the hair or bristles growing about the mouth in some animals

Origin: Fr moustache < It mostacchio, mustache < MGr mustaki < Gr mystax, upper lip, mustache < mastax, a mouth, jaws < IE base *menth- > mouth

See mustache in American Heritage Dictionary 4

also mous·tache

noun

The hair growing on the human upper lip, especially when cultivated and groomed.
Something similar to the cultivated, groomed hair on the human upper lip, as:
a. A group of bristles or hairs about the mouth of an animal.
b. Distinctive coloring or feathers near the beak of a bird.
c. Food or drink sticking conspicuously to the upper lip: wiped the milk mustache from my face.

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Origin: French moustache

Origin: , from Italian dialectal mustaccio

Origin: , from Medieval Greek moustakion

Origin: , from Greek mustax, mustache, upper lip

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