mustached
3
4.9
- adjective
- /ˈmʌstæʃt/
- US
- An old, walrus-mustached Irishman ushers them down a concrete hallway.
- mustached man
- mustached cop
- mustached face
Examples
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"Well, he has to have a certain absolute value," a stout, red-mustached man said.
Fiction book (1994) -
A mustached cop stood in the doorway and said: "Let's handcuff him."
Fiction book (1990) -
I held the bill toward the mustached man.
Fiction book (1998) -
The mustached man already had the drinks and was coming toward us.
Fiction book (1998) -
I now have a lovely little mustached queen's guard sitting on my desk.
Blog text (23) -
To the first-year students at the university where I work, I am merely Mr. Lane, the grey-mustached warden of the obscure Mason Room.
Fiction book (1999) -
Barlow's mother stormed out, the mustached man chasing after her through the crowd, his feet chuffing up sawdust.
Fiction book (1998) -
" Gallagher was an ox-shouldered, red-faced, hard-drinking, heavily mustached Irishman who knew a ship in the throes of breaking up when he saw and heard one."
Fiction book (1998) -
Colonel Simon stood by the window, hands clasped in his back, a portly gray-mustached military figure in a gold-braided French officer's cap, with banks of multi-colored laces and ribbons on his tailored uniform.
Fiction book (1993) -
The tall, mustached gentleman walked through the park, drawing many admiring glances.
Synonyms
4
7.5
Having hair on the upper lip, often neat or styled
How Hairy
- US
3
4.9
14
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Mustached comes from the word mustache, which comes from an old Greek word mystax meaning 'upper lip' or 'lip hair'. So, to be mustached is to have hair on the upper lip or marks that look like a mustache.