burnside

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Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

noun United States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881)
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)

From Ambrose Burnside.

Burnside will move to Piney Branch Church. — Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson) Grant
--"Burnside's been to dances before in Fredericksburg! — The Long Roll, Mary Johnston
Burnside attacks Lee's army and is beaten at Fredericksburg. — A School History of the United States, John Bach McMaster

A. E. Burnside, Ambrose Everett Burnside

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