plural noun
- full whiskers and a mustache worn with the chin clean-shaven.
pl n
- US thick side whiskers worn with a moustache and clean-shaven chin
style of facial hair consisting of side whiskers and a mustache (but clean-shaven chin), 1875 (singular; plural form from 1878; many early uses are in college and university magazines), a reference to U.S. Army Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside (1824-1881) of Civil War fame, who wore them and inspired the style. Cf. sideburns.