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  Burnside, Ambrose Everett Burnsville  
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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
burnsides
 
SYLLABICATION:burn·sides
PRONUNCIATION:  bûrnsdz
PLURAL NOUN: Heavy side-whiskers worn with the chin clean-shaven.
ETYMOLOGY:After Ambrose Everett Burnside.
 
 
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

CONTENTS · INDEX · ILLUSTRATIONS · BIBLIOGRAPHIC RECORD
  Burnside, Ambrose Everett Burnsville  
 
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