clean-shaven

American  

[kleen-shey-vuhn] / ˈklinˈʃeɪ vən /

adjective

1. (of a man) having the beard and mustache shaved off.

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clean-shaven British  

adjective

1. (of men) having the facial hair shaved off

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Etymology

Origin of clean-shaven

First recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

There were two men when Aunt Tess and I first arrived, clean-shaven and gawky, but they left and all the other attendees are women.

From Literature

The author chronicles the troubled youth and “vagrant years” of Tennyson, up until 1850, when the still clean-shaven poet experienced a sudden change of fortune.

From The Wall Street Journal

For generations, this imposing photograph of a clean-shaven Abraham Lincoln—age 51 and at the crest of newfound national fame—inexplicably remained an orphan in the Lincoln visual canon.

From The Wall Street Journal

At the windows, clean-shaven faces cast curious glances at the journalists in the compound.

From Barron's

The playful Detective Webster was standing before me, only this time he was clean-shaven and in a new winter suit.

From Literature

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