Synonyms:
sideburn, burnside, mutton_chop, side-whiskers
Meaning: 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)
Synonyms:
Burnside, A._E._Burnside, Ambrose_Everett_Burnside
Meaning: United States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881)
Usage examples
From that time until his death, less than two years afterward, his career was one of brilliant and almost uninterrupted success; whether serving with an independent command in the Valley, or acting under Lee as his right arm in the pitched battles with McClellan, Pope, and Burnside.