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[Trivia Master]

Where did the word 'sideburns' come from?

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[Jimklag]

Where did the word 'sideburns' come from?

credit: @Wellwords

A play on the name Burnside. Ambrose Burnside's side whiskers were famous.

 

[hughes]

The term referred to the style of Ambrose Burnside.

 

[captaindrew]

Ambrose Burnside's funny whiskers

 

[truthckr]

Sideburns, sideboards,[1] or side whiskers are patches of facial hair grown on the sides of the face, extending from the hairline to run parallel to or beyond the ears. The term sideburns is a 19th-century corruption of the original burnsides, named after American Civil War general Ambrose Burnside,[2] a man known for his unusual facial hairstyle that connected thick sideburns by way of a moustache, but left the chin clean-shaven.

 

[SWMODave]

The term sideburns is a 19th-century corruption of the original burnsides, named after American Civil War general Ambrose Burnside

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[Copperhead-mi]

Named after General Ambrose Burnside.

 

[BlueNGrey]

Ambrose E. Burnside's side whiskers

 

[Wallyfish]

From Ambrose Everett Burnside facial hair.

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[kholland]

Union General Ambrose Burnside

 

[DBF]

The term "sideburns" came from a "twist" using the last name of Union General Ambrose Burnside in honor of his unusual facial hair ("his mutton chop whiskers and moustache, combined with unusually a clean-shaven chin").
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2013/03/why-sideburns-are-named-as-they-are/

 

[adisciu9]

Ambrose Burnsides

 

[Stony]

Sideburns, sideboards, or side whiskers are patches of facial hair grown on the sides of the face, extending from the hairline to run parallel to or beyond the ears. The term sideburns is a 19th-century corruption of the original burnsides, named after American Civil War general Ambrose Burnside, a man known for his unusual facial hairstyle that connected thick sideburns by way of a moustache, but left the chin clean-shaven.
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[Brenal]

The term sideburns is a 19th-century corruption of the original burnsides, named after General Ambrose Burnside a man known for his unusual facial hairstyle that connected thick sideburns by way of a moustache, but left the chin clean shaven.

 

[Shannon Wolf]

General Ambrose Burnside

 

[WJC]

Where did the word 'sideburns' come from?

credit: @Wellwords

"Sideburns" is a corruption of "Burnside", the surname of General Ambrose E. Burnside (1824-1881), who wore an extreme example of that facial hair style.

 

[Northern Light]

This guy!

Sideburns, sideboards,[1] or side whiskers are patches of facial hair grown on the sides of the face, extending from the hairline to run parallel to or beyond the ears. The term sideburns is a 19th-century corruption of the original burnsides, named after American Civil War general Ambrose Burnside,[2] a man known for his unusual facial hairstyle that connected thick sideburns by way of a moustache, but left the chin clean-shaven. (Wikipedia)

 

[mofederal]

Sideburns is a corruption of the original name burnsides, taken from the unusual style of facial whiskers worn by General Ambrose Burnsides.

 

[Florida Lee]

Major General Ambrose Everett Burnside, civil war soldier, inventor, industrialist, politician. He worked for many railroads, Cincinnati and Martinsville, Indianapolis and Vincennes, Cairo and Vincennes, Rhode Island Locomotive Works and the Illinois Central. He designed the Burnside Carbine, breachloading being easier to load while on horseback, founded the Burnside Arms Company and the Bristol Rifle Works. He was the 30th Governor of the State of Rhode Island, and although being defeated as a Democrat he later ran as a Republican and won a seat in the U.S. Senate.
The term "sideburn" is generally attributed to Burnside. He sported an unusually prominent Mutton Chop facial hair style, sideburns connected with a mustache. This style is found on a mosaic of Alexander the Great dating to 100 B.C. Mustaches have always been popular with military men and the addition of "lambchops" were attributed to flintlock users as a method of protecting the sides of their faces from burns and scars. This is said to be why the Amish and Mennonites sport beards without mustaches, as they did not wan't to associate themselves the those who waged war.

 

[MRB1863]

Named after American Civil War general Ambrose Burnside's unusual facial hairstyle that connected thick sideburns by way of a moustache