Ambrose Burnside

thumb|Mathabar Singh Thapa, shown with sideburns of the style worn by [[Hindu Kshatriya military commanders in the Indian subcontinent.]] Sideburns, sideboards, or side whiskers are 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.

American general and politician (1824–1881)

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