A growth of facial hair between the nose and the upper lip.
Origin
Used in English since the 16th century. Via French moustache from Italian mostaccio, from Byzantine Greek μουστάκιον, diminutive of (Doric) Ancient Greek μύσταξ, from Proto-Indo-European *mendʰ-. Replaced native , from .
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