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burnside

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1. burnside - Noun

2. Burnside - Proper noun

Meaning

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

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)

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General Burnside wanted to put his colored division in front, and I believe if he had done so it would have been a success. Ulysses S. Grant

Ambrose Burnside was also part of the grand assault, advancing against the eastern leg of the Mule Shoe before dawn. Source: Internet

After two hours of desperate fighting, four Union divisions had failed in the mission Burnside had originally assigned to one. Source: Internet

A driver waits at a stop outside the Halifax Transit Burnside maintenance depot Dartmouth, N.S. on Thursday, March 26, 2020. Source: Internet

Burnside still had an opportunity, however, because by then he was facing only half of Lee's army, not yet dug in, and if he acted quickly, he might have been able to attack Longstreet and defeat him before Jackson arrived. Source: Internet

Burnside: A non-Abelian finite simple group has order divisible by at least three distinct primes. Source: Internet

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