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whiskered

[ hwis-kerd, wis- ]

/ ˈʰwɪs kərd, ˈwɪs- /

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adjective

having, wearing, or covered with whiskers.

Origin of whiskered

First recorded in 1755–65; whisker + -ed³

OTHER WORDS FROM whiskered

un·whisk·ered, adjective

Words nearby whiskered

whish, whisht, whisk, whisk broom, whisker, whiskered, whiskery, whiskey, whiskey jack, whiskey rebellion, whiskey sour

Example sentences from the Web for whiskered

At the sound of the shot the whiskered one snatched his gun out, and the cashier shot him.

Cow-Country |B. M. Bower
The abdomen becomes dark grey, so that at this season the whiskered tern is liable to be confounded with the black-bellied tern .

Indian Birds |Douglas Dewar
(I mean the widow lady's whiskered companion)—I saw him eat pease with the very knife with which he had dissected the duck!

Little Travels and Roadside Sketches |William Makepeace Thackeray
His whiskered jaw was set like a vice, but the light of conscious triumph danced in his fixed eyeballs.

Peccavi |E. W. Hornung

Rita Wallace had early taken entire charge and command of her nominal superior—the whiskered and despondent Mr. Hands.

The Drunkard |Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

British Dictionary definitions for whiskered

whiskered

/ (ˈwɪskəd) /

adjective

having whiskers