moustache

moustache
Mustache Mus*tache" (m[u^]s*t[.a]sh"; 277), n.; pl. {Mustaches}. [Written also {moustache}.] [F. moustache, It. mostaccio visage, mostacchio mustache, fr. Gr. my`stax upper lip and the beard upon it; cf. ma`stax mouth: cf. Sp. mostacho.] 1. That part of the beard which grows on the upper lip; hair left growing above the mouth. [1913 Webster]

2. (Zo["o]l.) A West African monkey ({Cercopithecus cephus}). It has yellow whiskers, and a triangular blue mark on the nose. [1913 Webster]

3. (Zo["o]l.) Any conspicuous stripe of color on the side of the head, beneath the eye of a bird. [1913 Webster]

4. A stain or discoloration on the upper lip of a person; as, wearing a milk mustache. [informal] [PJC]


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  • moustache — MOUSTACHE. s. f. Barbe qu on laisse au dessus de la levre d enhaut. Grande moustache. belle moustache. moustache à l Espagnole. moustache retroussée. relever la moustache. On appelle aussi Moustache, Les poils que les chats, les lyons, & quelques …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • Moustache — Mous tache , n. [F.] Mustache. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Moustache — (franz., spr. mustāsch ), Schnurrbart …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Moustache — (frz., spr. mustásch), Knebelbart, Schnurrbart …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • moustache — see MUSTACHE (Cf. mustache). Related: moustachial …   Etymology dictionary

  • moustache — (with stress on the second syllable) is the normal spelling in BrE, but mustache (with stress on the first syllable) is more usual in AmE …   Modern English usage

  • moustache — Moustache, Mistax. Est autem {{t=g}}mustax{{/t}} labij superioris barba …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • moustache — (US also mustache) ► NOUN ▪ a strip of hair left to grow above a man s upper lip. DERIVATIVES moustached adjective. ORIGIN French, from Greek mustax …   English terms dictionary

  • moustache — [mus′tash΄, məs tash′] n. alt. sp. of MUSTACHE …   English World dictionary

  • Moustache — This article is about the type of facial hair. For other uses, see Moustache (disambiguation). Panayot Hitov s moustache Bulgarian hajduk and revolutionary …   Wikipedia

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