General Ambrose Everett Burnside from the Union Army wore side whiskers with a moustache, while shaving the hair on his chin. This style was known as Burnside's. The word then became burnsides, and then sideburns.
They are named after Ambrose Burnside (not Sideburn!).
Ambrose Burnside .
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You are probably thinking of sideburns- named after General Burnside.
Ambrose Burnside
General Burnsides From Rhode Island
General Ambrose Burnside.
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Named for Union Civil War General Burnsides. He grew long bush hair on the sides of his face, and the soldiers declared them "Sideburns", by juxtaposition of his name.
I don't believe they were named after anyone, but there was a General Ambrose E. Burnside who had gnarly sideburns. I have heard that the facial hairstyle was named after him, but I have never seen it cited in any credible source
One can usually get sideburns trimmed when one has a haircut but one can easily keep them trimmed with a trimmer or razor. First comb the sideburns, then trim the sideburns in a downward motion.
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The English man grew his beard to downwards , which lead to the term sideburns.
sideburns are called 'des pattes' (legs) or 'des rouflaquettes' in French.
Words that rhyme with "sideburns" include adjourns, returns, concerns, and overturns.