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Encyclopedia > Goatee
A traditional goatee, notice the mustache par does not touch
A traditional goatee, notice the mustache par does not touch

A goatee is a beard formed by a tuft of hair on the chin and a moustache around the upper lip. The word probably comes from the tuft of hair seen on an adult goat. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 460 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (491 × 640 pixels, file size: 42 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photograph of Dorus Rijkers, at the age of 40, 1887. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 460 × 600 pixelsFull resolution‎ (491 × 640 pixels, file size: 42 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Photograph of Dorus Rijkers, at the age of 40, 1887. ... For the slang term, see Beard (female companion). ... This article is about the domestic species. ...

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Goatee styles

  • Musketeer - a small, pointed goatee with an English moustache (narrow, prominent), as worn by the French mousquetaires
  • Van Dyck - a thick goatee and moustache with upturned ends, as worn by the 17th century Flemish painter, Sir Anthony van Dyck. In modern usage, a Van Dyck is often any moustache and goatee combination.

Depending on the wearer and their personality, goatees are worn either fully maintained, trimmed daily, or alternatively, they can be worn quite robust. The English moustache is a moustache style that is narrow, beginning at the middle of the upper lip the whiskers are very long and pulled to the side, slightly curled; the ends are pointed slightly upward; areas past the corner of the mouth must be shaved. ... (16th century - 17th century - 18th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 17th century was that century which lasted from 1601-1700. ... Self Portrait With a Sunflower Sir Anthony (Anton) van Dyck (22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641) was a Flemish artist who became the leading court painter in England. ...


In the state of Kerala, India, the goatee is also popularly referred to as a Bulganin, after the erstwhile premier of the Soviet Union. , Kerala ( ; Malayalam: കേരളം; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of southwestern India. ... Nikolai Bulganin (right), with Nikita Khrushchev (centre) and Tito in Belgrade in 1955 Nikolai Aleksandrovich Bulganin (Russian: Николай Александрович Булганин) (May 30, 1895 - February 24...


Similar facial hair styles

  • The royale (or impériale) is a tuft of hair under the lower lip (without a goatee, but perhaps worn with a moustache). While the royale was historically worn by French officers as a badge or adornment of military rank or status, it is not technically a goatee. It is sometimes referred to as a "soul patch", "jazz dot", "nubbin", "flavor saver", or "trombone lip".[citation needed]
  • A tiered goatee is a goatee that has variable lengths of hair to create a multi-leveled beard. This is used to create some sort of distinction between different sections of a beard.
  • Chin beard - a beard formed solely by a tuft of hair on the chin (i.e. lacking accompanying mustache)
  • Circle beard - a chin beard and moustache which are connected by hair on either side of the mouth to form a complete circle.

For other uses, see Badge (disambiguation) NY NJ Port Authority Police Department Badge. ... Many see natural beauty in the folded petals of a rose This page is about the pleasant phenomenon. ... This article is about the use of the term rank. ... American musician Steve Vai with a soul patch. ...

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This article has been illustrated as part of WikiProject WikiWorld. Image File history File links Commons-logo. ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Wiktionary (a portmanteau of wiki and dictionary) is a multilingual, Web-based project to create a free content dictionary, available in over 150 languages. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (650x774, 466 KB) I created this cartoon illustration in cooperation with the Wikimedia Foundation. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (650x774, 466 KB) I created this cartoon illustration in cooperation with the Wikimedia Foundation. ...

Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ... For the slang term, see Beard (female companion). ... Edgar Allan Poe grew a moustache later in his life. ... Sideburns (or colloquially sideboards[1] or mutton chops[2]) are patches of facial hair on the sides of a mans face, in front of the ears. ... American musician Steve Vai with a soul patch. ...

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Goatee - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (498 words)
A goatee is a beard formed by a tuft of hair on the chin.
The goatee underwent a renaissance in the 1990s, when a close-cropped variant with an integrated moustache was popularized by the musicians, actors and sports heroes of the day.
In satirical fiction, the goatee is often a symbol of a character's evil twin, while many historical portrayals of the devil sport a goatee.
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