burnside   (TTS Sound)

The noun burnside has 2 senses

• Burnside, A. E. Burnside, Ambrose Everett Burnside -- (United States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881))


• sideburn, burnside, mutton chop, side-whiskers -- (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))