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BEWHISKERED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bewhiskered mean? 

BEWHISKERED (adjective)
  The adjective BEWHISKERED has 1 sense:

1. having hair on the cheeks and chinplay

  Familiarity information: BEWHISKERED used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BEWHISKERED (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having hair on the cheeks and chin

Synonyms:

barbate; bearded; bewhiskered; whiskered; whiskery

Similar:

unshaved; unshaven (not shaved)


 Context examples 


The picture of the bewhiskered trio, as he had last seen them, mulcted of four dollars and ninety cents and a ferry ticket, made him chuckle.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Next he noticed a bewhiskered, youthful-looking man, sitting at a roll- top desk, who regarded him curiously.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)



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