Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

cavalry moustache

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.13 in modern English

Syllables: cav-al-ry -mous-tache
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

5

Syllables

13

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A fairly long, full moustache, often either drooping or waxed to a point at either end.

Example Sentences

"Now his dark-brown hair was greying and falling out, and his ginger cavalry moustache, so proud and fierce a creature in days gone by, looked as though the rats had been at it […]"
"By now the well-groomed cavalry mustache, gleaming dome and heavily lidded eyes have become familiar sights in every Arab land. But except for an occasional trip to Moscow or some other Soviet-bloc capital in quest of arms and aid, Egypt's President Anwar Sadat has rarely ventured beyond the Middle East."

Inflected Forms

cavalry moustaches (plural) cavalry mustache (alternative)

Questions

What does cavalry moustache mean?: A fairly long, full moustache, often either drooping or waxed to a point at either end.

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