MOUSTACHE

mustache, moustache

(noun) an unshaved growth of hair on the upper lip; “he looked younger after he shaved off his mustache”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

moustache (plural moustaches)

A growth of facial hair between the nose and the upper lip.

Usage notes

The plural forms moustaches and mustaches were formerly popular equivalent terms for the facial hair on the lip of one man, but these uses are now archaic with the singular now preferred.

Source: Wiktionary


Mous`tache", n. Etym: [F.]

Definition: Mustache.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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DERMATOGLYPHICS

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