Ambrose Everett Burnside

Definitions of Ambrose Everett Burnside
  1. noun
    United States general in the American Civil War who was defeated by Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Fredericksburg (1824-1881)
    synonyms: A. E. Burnside, Burnside
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    a general officer of the highest rank
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