Burnside

Burn·side

1824-81; Union general in the Civil War

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Noun

(plural burnsides)

(especially in plural) A moustache, with whiskers on the cheeks but with no beard on the chin

Origin

From Ambrose Burnside

Proper noun

Any of various towns in Scotland, or elsewhere in the Anglo-Saxon world, named after the Scottish ones.
A topographic surname for someone living near a burn (stream), or in any of the Scottish towns.

Origin

From burn +‎ side

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The repulse of Burnside ended the battle.
Burnside, to North Carolina, in 1862; and of General A.
Burnside, „ Seth Padelford, Henry Howard, Henry Lippitt, „ Charles C. Van Zandt, „ Alfred H.
General Burnside recommended him for promotion to the rank of major-general U.S.V., which was not however awarded to Humphreys until after Gettysburg.
After General Hooker succeeded Burnside, Butterfield was appointed chief of staff, Army of the Potomac, and in this capacity he served in the Chancellorsville and Gettysburg campaigns.

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